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epithet

Word or phrase that characterizes a person, place, or thing, especially when used instead of the name or in addition to it; for example, Richard the Lion-Heart.
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He invariably met her criticisms with a good-natured grin and a flippant remark with some tender epithet tagged on to it.
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Napoleon apparently remembered seeing him on the battlefield and, addressing him, again used the epithet "young man" that was connected in his memory with Prince Andrew.
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