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Surname
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name.
2. An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen. "My surname, Coriolanus." Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (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.