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Did you Misspell it? 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. ½My 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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