Usually means: Surname, especially in ancient Rome.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word cognomen:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. cognomen: Merriam-Webster
  2. cognomen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cognomen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cognomen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cognomen: Vocabulary.com
  6. cognomen: Wordnik
  7. cognomen: Wiktionary
  8. cognomen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. cognomen: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. cognomen: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Cognomen, cognomen: Dictionary.com
  12. cognomen: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Cognomen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Cognomen: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. cognomen: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. cognomen: Rhymezone
  17. Cognomen: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. cognomen: FreeDictionary.org
  19. cognomen: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. cognomen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. cognomen: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. cognomen: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cognomen: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cognomen: A Word A Day
  2. cognomen: Wordcraft Dictionary

(Note: See cognomens as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cognomen)

noun:  (historical) A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.
noun:  (literary or humorous) Synonym of nickname, any epithet used similar to the Roman cognomina.
noun:  (literary or humorous, uncommon) Synonym of surname, a family name.

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