Autonomasy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Autonomasy \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."
     [1913 Webster]