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1. (n.) surname
the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a given name; family name.
2. surname
a name added to a person's name, as one indicating a circumstance of birth or some characteristic or achievement; epithet.
3. (v.t.) surname
to give a surname to; call by a surname.
Etymology: (1300–50)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) surname, family name, cognomen, last name
the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
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1. (noun) surname
sb's family or last name
What's his surname?
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) surname
a name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name
2. (noun) surname
an appellation added to the original name; an agnomen
3. (verb) surname
to name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to
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Sense: a person's family name
The common way of addressing people is by their surnames, preceded by Mr, Mrs, Miss, Dr etc; Smith is a common British surname.
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 Afrikaans: van |
 Arabic: إسْم العائِلَه |
 Bulgarian: фамилия |
 Brazilian: sobrenome |
 Czech: příjmení |
 German: der Nachname |
 Danish: efternavn |
 Greek: επώνυμο |
 Spanish: apellido |
 Estonian: perekonnanimi |
 Farsi: نام خانوادگي |
 Finnish: sukunimi |
 French: nom de famille |
 Hebrew: שֵׁם מִשפָּחָה |
 Hindi: कुल नाम |
 Croatian: prezime |
 Hungarian: vezetéknév |
 Indonesian: nama keluarga |
 Icelandic: eftirnafn |
 Italian: cognome |
 Japanese: 姓 |
 Korean: 성 |
 Lithuanian: pavardė |
 Latvian: uzvārds |
 Malay: nama keluarga |
 Dutch: achternaam |
 Norwegian: etternavn |
 Polish: nazwisko |
 Persian: نام خانوادگي |
 Pashto: کورنی نوم |
 Portuguese: nome de família |
 Romanian: nume de familie |
 Russian: фамилия |
 Slovak: priezvisko |
 Slovenian: priimek |
 Serbian: prezime |
 Swedish: efternamn |
 Thai: นามสกุล |
 Turkish: soyadı |
 Taiwanese: 姓 |
 Ukrainian: прізвище |
 Urdu: عرفیت، خاندانی نام |
 Vietnamese: họ |
 Chinese: 姓 |
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