surname
surname is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.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.
- 3.And Simon he surnamed Peter. Mark iii. 16.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- agnomen
- all
- and
- antonomasia
- antonym
- baptism
- baptize
- bean
- by-name
- byword
- call
- cant
- caption
- characterize
- christen
- clepe
- cognomen
- cognominal
- cognomination
- compellation
- convertible
- define
- denominate
- denomination
- description
- designate
- designation
- distinguish
- dub
- empty
- entitle
- epithet
- eponym
- expression
- fairly
- fitly
- handle
- heading
- hight
- known
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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