Surname

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  • noun. A name shared in common to identify the members of a family, as distinguished from each member's given name.
  • noun. A nickname or epithet added to a person's name.
  • transitive verb. To give a surname to.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An additional name, frequently descriptive, as in Harold Harefoot; specifically, a name or appellation added to the baptismal or Christian name, and becoming a family name. See to-name.
  • To name or call by an additional name; give a surname to. See name.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to.
  • noun. A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name.
  • noun. An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A name that indicates to which family a person belongs, normally following that person’s given name(s) in Western culture, and preceding it in Eastern.
  • verb. To give a surname.
  • verb. To call by a surname.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
    • Word Usage
    "His small stature was a bitter irony for someone whose surname translates as "Tall.""
    Form
    surnamed  surnaming  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    name  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    maiden name  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    agnomen  family name  last name  to-name  
    verb-form
    surnamed  surnames  surnaming  
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