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cognomen

英 [kɒg'nəʊmən] 美
  • n. 姓氏;绰号

英英释意


1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name);
"Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"
"Henry's nickname was Slim"
2. the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)