(n.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon or an eminent orator a Cicero.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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