cognomen
英[kɒg'nəʊmən]
美
- n. 姓氏；绰号
英英释意
- 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"
- 2. the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)