Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name consisting of a single term; a mononomial name in zoölogy.
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- noun A single
name by which a person, thing etc is known. For example, Madonna (the pop star).
Etymologies
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Examples
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He's still Tiger, a globally famous mononym, and despite a year in the rough, only a fool would rule him finished.
Tiger, a Year Later Jason Gay 2010
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As the title character, a headbanger with a mononym, Gordon-Levitt is a stringy-haired force of anarchy, wandering around shirtless showing his inky, home-made tattoos, cigarette screwed into the corner of his mouth.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Marshall Fine 2011
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In part because of his nondescript, search-engine-dwarfed mononym, I don't know too much about Los Angeles alternative soul singer Miguel, but this smooth, downtempo number, shaded with accents of late-'90s underground hip-hop, but this track nicely whets appetites for his forthcoming debut album.
Express Milwaukee 2010
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Compare, for instance, another recent miniature city: Seth's (the mononym Gregory Gallant's nom de plume)
Rhizome Inclusive: News, Blog, and Digest Patrick Ellis 2010
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Compare, for instance, another recent miniature city: Seth's (the mononym Gregory Gallant's nom de plume)
Rhizome Inclusive: News, Blog, and Digest Patrick Ellis 2010
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Balckground/OG Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 August 25, 2001), who performed under the mononym Aaliyah (pronounced/əˈliːə/), was an American recording artist, actress and model.
WN.com - Articles related to British Airways fuel price-fixing trial collapses 2010
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Megan Mullally, Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles, and Wynonna (now a mononym, herself, and no longer a "Judd" -- say, could she be the next honoree?).
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Megan Mullally, Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles, and Wynonna (now a mononym, herself, and no longer a "Judd" -- say, could she be the next honoree?).
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Megan Mullally, Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles, and Wynonna (now a mononym, herself, and no longer a "Judd" -- say, could she be the next honoree?).
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Megan Mullally, Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles, and Wynonna (now a mononym, herself, and no longer a "Judd" -- say, could she be the next honoree?).
mollusque commented on the word mononym
A name consisting of one word only. (Listed in OED2).
November 2, 2007
apgarian commented on the word mononym
Prince, Cher
September 9, 2009
qms commented on the word mononym
John Clayton, a truly bizarre man,
Is set among Hollywood's stars and
We've only known him
By this, his mononym -
That swinger, the ape-man, our Tarzan.
December 14, 2016