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In name   /ɪn neɪm/   Listen
noun
Name  n.  
1.
The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class. "Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof." "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet."
2.
A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts. "His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."
3.
Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction. "What men of name resort to him?" "Far above... every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come." "I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom." "He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin." "The king's army... had left no good name behind."
4.
Those of a certain name; a race; a family. "The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities."
5.
A person, an individual. (Poetic) "They list with women each degenerate name."
Christian name.
(a)
The name a person receives at baptism, as distinguished from surname; baptismal name; in western countries, it is also called a first name.
(b)
A given name, whether received at baptism or not.
Given name. See under Given.
In name, in profession, or by title only; not in reality; as, a friend in name.
In the name of.
(a)
In behalf of; by the authority of. " I charge you in the duke's name to obey me."
(b)
In the represented or assumed character of. "I'll to him again in name of Brook."
Name plate, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate.
Pen name, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume.
Proper name (Gram.), a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing.
To call names, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations.
To take a name in vain, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths.
Synonyms: Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination; epithet. Name, Appellation, Title, Denomination. Name is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or letters by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put for name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive term (called also agnomen or cognomen), used by way of marking some individual peculiarity or characteristic; as, Charles the Bold, Philip the Stammerer. A title is a term employed to point out one's rank, office, etc.; as, the Duke of Bedford, Paul the Apostle, etc. Denomination is to particular bodies what appellation is to individuals; thus, the church of Christ is divided into different denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc.





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... work. In name, at least, they were all Huguenots yet now, as before, the staple of the projected colony was unsound,—soldiers, paid out of the royal treasury, hired artisans and tradesmen, with a swarm of volunteers from the young Huguenot nobles, whose restless ...
— Pioneers Of France In The New World • Francis Parkman, Jr.
... and his bold Scots, who successfully invaded Ireland, were descended from the Cymri; and it is remarkable that a fierce battle was fought between the Irish Scots and the Tautha de Danans at Mount Slemish, not far from Tralee, in Kerry, which is identical in name with Mount Slemish, in Antrim—the scene of the Saint's captivity ("Britannia," vol. ii., p. 123; "History of ...
— Bolougne-Sur-Mer - St. Patrick's Native Town • Reverend William Canon Fleming
... more French in their speech and customs. At last an alliance was made between Hugh Capet, the son of Hugh the Great, Duke of the French (see p. 63), and Richard the Fearless, Duke of the Normans. The race of Charles the Great was dethroned, and Hugh became king of the French. In name he was king over all the territory which had been governed by Charles the Simple. In reality that happened in France which AEthelred had been trying to prevent in England. Hugh ruled directly over his own duchy of France, a patch of land of which Paris was the ...
— A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) - From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII • Samuel Rawson Gardiner
... propounds an hypothesis that Robin Hood "one among the personages of the early mythology of the Teutonic peoples"; and a German scholar,[13] in an exceedingly interesting article which throws much light on the history of English sports, has endeavored to show specifically that he is in name and substance one with the god Woden. The arguments by which these views are supported, though in their present shape very far from convincing, are ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 2, December, 1857 • Various
... Johnnie Dunn discovered in time what Algonquin was up to. The Woman was now the President of the Red Cross Society in name, as well as in reality, as poor Mrs. Sutherland had withdrawn from all social life since her bitter disappointment over Wallace. And while she was attending a Red Cross meeting in Algonquin, Mrs. Johnnie made her amazing discovery. She called her forces together immediately upon her return home ...
— In Orchard Glen • Marian Keith


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