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cognomen
n 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" [syn: nickname, moniker, sobriquet,
soubriquet]
2: the name used to identify the members of a family (as
distinguished from each member's given name) [syn: surname,
family name, last name]
[also: cognomina (pl)]