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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname. This list is divided into two parts: Cognomens: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples ...
Roman Catholics A name given to Catholics for their keeping so many holy days; marked in their almanacs with red-coloured letters. [40] Bead-rattler Anglophone countries; predominantly the United States, U.K., Canada, and Australia Roman Catholics Roman Catholic person, in reference to the Catholic ritual of praying with rosary beads. [41] [42 ...
[1] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule. A moniker also means a nickname or personal name. The word often distinguishes personal names from nicknames that became proper names out of former nicknames. English examples are Bob and Rob, nickname variants for Robert.
Here are 125 cute, sexy, and romantic nicknames for your boyfriend, fiancé, baby daddy, FWB—basically anyone you're getting romantic with.
If you've ever watched the NBC-TV hit show 'The Office,' you probably know some of the funny nicknames that the characters end up living with every day at work. There's Jim, the "Big Tuna" or ...
The American Cincinnatus: [1] Like the famous Roman, he won a war, then became a private citizen instead of seeking power or riches as a reward. He became the first president general of the Society of the Cincinnati, formed by Revolutionary War officers who also "declined offers of power and position to return to his home and plough".
At the time, Anne was romantically linked to British military officer Andrew Parker Bowles, Camilla’s future husband, who the now-Queen married in a Roman Catholic ceremony in 1973.
Ancient Roman jokes, as described by Cicero and Quintilian, are best employed as a rhetorical device. [1] Many of them are apparently taken from real-life trials conducted by famous advocates, such as Cicero .