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Noun: antonomasia  ,an-tu-now'mey-zh(ee-)u [N. Amer], ,an-tu-nu'mey-zee-u [Brit]
  1. (linguistics) the substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun

Derived forms: antonomasias

Encyclopedia: Antonomasia

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