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English → English (WordNet) Definition: cognomina cognomina See cognomen cognomen n 1: a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); “Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph”; “Henry's nickname was Slim” [syn: nickname, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet] 2: the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) [syn: surname, family name, last name] [also: cognomina (pl)]