About The Word Surname
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Surname
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What's The Definition Of Surname?
[n] the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Surname: cognomen | family name | last name Related Terms | Find terms related to Surname: See Also | maiden name | name Surname In Webster's Dictionary \Sur"name`\, n. [Pref. sur + name; really a substitution
for OE. sournoun, from F. surnom. See {Sur-}, and {Noun},
{Name}.]
1. A name or appellation which is added to, or over and
above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a
family name.
Note: Surnames originally designated occupation, estate,
place of residence, or some particular thing or event
that related to the person; thus, Edmund Ironsides;
Robert Smith, or the smith; William Turner. Surnames
are often also patronymics; as, John Johnson.
2. An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen.
``My surname, Coriolanus.'' --Shak.
Note: This word has been sometimes written sirname, as if it
signified sire-name, or the name derived from one's
father.
\Sur*name"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surnamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surnaming}.] [Cf. F. surnommer.] To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to. Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel. --Isa. xliv. 5. And Simon he surnamed Peter. --Mark iii. 16. |
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