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An appelation applied after the manner of a proper name to the fox. Same as Renard.

A respectful title or appelation given to Europeans of rank. [India]

A colloquial or humorous appelation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo.

Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army. -- n.

by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat. These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . . Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight. Milton.

A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person. Slyboots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Goldsmith.

An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written soubriquet.]

A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul. As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Prov. xxv. 25. God forbid so many simple souls Should perish by the aword! Shak. Now mistress Gilpin (careful soul). Cowper.

A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name.

Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon.

collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.

The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms.

An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preëminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc. With his former title greet Macbeth. Shak.

pawnbroker. [Slang] Thackeray. My uncle, a pawnbroker. [Slang] - - Uncle Sam, a humorous appellation given to the United States Government. See Uncle Sam, in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction. Spenser.

or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive. -- Vi*tu"per*a*tive*ly, adv. Vituperative appellations derived from their real or supposed ill qualities. B. Jonson.

Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.