Antonomasia

Antonomasia is a term in rhetoric for substitution of either an epithet or title for a proper name, or the proper name to express a general idea. For example, the Bard, or a Scrooge used in place of Shakespeare or a miser respectively.

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Antony Askew, Antony Babbington, Antony of Padua, Antony Van Diemen, Antonym