Both Uses of
appellation
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- All adults had to be addressed as Mister, Missus, Miss, Auntie, Cousin, Unk, Uncle, Buhbah, Sister, Brother and a thousand other appellations indicating familial relationship and the lowliness of the addressor.†
p. 28.2 *
- After Bailey learned definitely that I was his sister, he refused to call me Marguerite, but rather addressed me each time as "Mya Sister," and in later more articulate years, after the need for brevity had shortened the appellation to "My," it was elaborated into "Maya."†
p. 68.2
Definition:
word or words by which someone or something is known or classified -- such as a person or wine-growing region