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"Epithet" Definition

noun

A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person, such as The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln.
A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great.
An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
Biology A word in the scientific name of an animal or plant following the name of the genus and denoting a species, variety, or other division of the genus, as sativa in Lactuca sativa.
A characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing.

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