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Surname

Surname (surname)
n.(?)
Sur"name`
[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.

    * 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.

    * This word has been sometimes written sirname, as if it signified sire-name, or the name derived from one's father.

Surname

Surname (surname)
v. t.(?)
Sur*name"
[imp. *** p. p. Surnamed (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Surnaming.] [Cf. F. surnommer.]
  1. 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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