Geisel adopted his Dr. Seuss pen name during his university studies at Dartmouth College and the University of Oxford. He left Oxford in 1927 to begin his career as an illustrator and cartoonist for Vanity Fair, Life, and various other publications.
Confidence votes 94.8K. A general noun is a word for a non-specific person, place, or thing. Examples of general nouns: A specific noun is a word for a specific person, place or thing. Examples: 1  parent. 2  city. 3  apple. 4  father.
1. identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others. 2. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position. 3. the act of designating or identifying something. Familiarity information: DESIGNATION used as a noun is uncommon.