Au′to‐nom″a‐sy (�), n. [Auto- + Gr. � a name, fr. � a name; or for E. antonomasia.] (Rhet.) The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, “He has gone to town,” for, “He has gone to London.”
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.