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n. A family name; a surname.

n. The third and usually last name of a citizen of ancient Rome, as Caesar in Gaius Julius Caesar.

n. A name, especially a descriptive nickname or epithet acquired through usage over a period of time.

n. surname

n. the third part of the name of a citizen of ancient Rome

n. a nickname or epithet by which someone is identified; a byname; a moniker or sobriquet

n. The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.

n. A surname.

n. A surname; a distinguishing name; specifically, the last of the three names by which a Roman of good family was known, indicating the house to which he belonged. See name.

n. Loosely, a name, whether a given name, surname, or distinguishing epithet.

n. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

n. the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)

"I see that a daily paper in New York whose cognomen is borrowed from a very large object, has suggested that Secretary Seward should retire from Mr. Johnson's Cabinet in order to conciliate these Southern traitors, he being to them a very offensive object."

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