SURNAME

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name.

2.
n.

An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen. "My surname, Coriolanus." Shak.

3.
v.

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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