Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word VOCATIVE

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What does VOCATIVE mean?

VOCATIVE noun
  1. (grammar) The vocative case
  2. (grammar) A word in the vocative case
  3. Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation.
VOCATIVE adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
  2. (grammar) Used in address; appellative (said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed). For example "Domine, O Lord"

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