Antonyms for proper name


Grammar : Noun


Definition of proper name

  • As in name : noun title given to something, someone
Example sentences :
  • His proper name was Cottier; he had always been known as Jemy-Lord.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • He had left even his own lawful and proper name behind him with his past.
  • Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
  • Not at all: Nara is also used as a proper name, as we shall see.
  • Extract from : « Hindu Gods And Heroes » by Lionel D. Barnett
  • It was the proper name of the northern portion of the peninsula.
  • Extract from : « The Maya Chronicles » by Various
  • Before the word of connecting a proper name with residence or position.
  • Extract from : « Punctuation » by Frederick W. Hamilton
  • The proper name of the club is, Society of the Friends of the Constitution.
  • Extract from : « A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792 » by Richard Twiss
  • Blount spoke to dozens of them, calling each by its proper name.
  • Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) » by Various
  • He told me that his proper name was Powell; he said this when he came here this year.
  • Extract from : « Between the Lines » by Henry Bascom Smith
  • Tell me your own proper name, and where your own mother lives?
  • Extract from : « Little Folks (November 1884) » by Various
  • It's a little bit of both, and I don't know its proper name.'
  • Extract from : « Just So Stories » by Rudyard Kipling

Synonyms for proper name

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