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surname

[sur-neym, sur-neym, sur-neym] / ˈsɜrˌneɪm, ˈsɜrˌneɪm, sɜrˈneɪm /
NOUN
family name
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Elliott devised a system and kept refining it until, in 2009, he, Fremont, Morrison and other Rand researchers published a paper laying out Bayesian Surname Improved Geocoding.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2016

Q. Surname Apostrophe Battle: I have been married for four years and my new last name has an apostrophe.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2015

The less full-on monsters, such as Peter and Judith Surname, who constantly complained about their holidays from hell, were better.

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2011

So this mornin', bein' allowed out, I went down to the place an' arsked to see Arthur Miles Surname Chandon.

From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Surname given to Apollo as python slayer, 61, 65.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)




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