2. Verb. (third-person singular of surname) ¹
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Definition of Surnames
1. surname [v] - See also: surname
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surnames
Literary usage of Surnames
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The division of estates led to a new distribution of surnames among the heirs,
... In heraldry we find many surnames derived from "canting arms ..."
2. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1879)
"When hereditary surnames are established, the surname of Black may be borne by
a pale man, that of Alfredson by one whose father is not named Alfred, ..."
3. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"Among the bearers of local surnames we can easily detect the Norman ; among ...
Of the crowd of surnames, for instance, formed from Norman names like Hugh ..."
4. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"Long after hereditary surnames had been thoroughly fixed, the clergy, especially
the regulars, constantly called themselves after the places of their birth ..."
5. Publications by American Sociological Association, American Sociological Society (1895)
"Of these common surnames, a large number is barred by all the ten Wai Seng ...
The number of common surnames barred, too, depends on the nature of the ..."
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