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compellatives

compellatives is the plural of compellative.

Meaning of compellative

Noun

compellative (plural compellatives)

  1. The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.

Questions about compellatives

What is compellatives the plural of?
Compellatives is the plural of compellative.

Words near compellatives in the dictionary

  1. compellably
  2. compellance
  3. compellation
  4. compellations
  5. compellative
  6. compellatives
  7. compellatory
  8. compelled
  9. compelled speech
  10. compelled testimony
  11. compelledly

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