epithet

Descriptive term

Entitystylistic deviceQ207869

Also known as byname

Instance of: stylistic device
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1.Stated in Q24508662
2.Stated in Q87327146
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Subclass of: description
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1.Stated in Q87327146
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An epithet, also a byname, is a descriptive term commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing. It is usually literally descriptive, as in Alexander the Great, Suleiman the Magnificent and Richard the Lionheart, or allusive, as in Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror, Æthelred the Unready, Mehmed the Conqueror, and Bloody Mary.

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Different from: epigraph
nickname
Uses: adjective
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1.Stated in Q87327146
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Main Wikidata property: epithet

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30 identifiers linking epithet across the web's reference databases

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