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surname

noun as in family name

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Example Sentences

Black wore a hat with his surname, the A formed by a depiction of the African continent.

Lemieux is a French-Canadian surname which means “The Best.”

Satisfied, but not content, Gold strives to live up to her surname, as well as stamp it on the long list of American greats.

Among those officials-turned-entrepreneurs is the British-based Mehdi Shamszadeh, normally uses the surname Shams.

However this Maidan is not about the surname of this next president.

Those of the plates which have only a surname upon them, indicate that the place is a lodging house.

Her face was pale and her sensuous lips were the color of her skin, whence her surname.

You love to banter; you love to give me that surname of 'Rich,' to me, now no less poor than Job.

Most people nowadays have one or more Christian names and a surname, but this was not always the case.

Kent is quite a well-known surname, as also are Derby, Buxton, and many other names of English places.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to surname, such as: last name, cognomen, matronymic, metronymic, and patronymic.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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