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surname

noun as in family name

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Example Sentences

Mohamed added the Arabic "Al" prefix to his surname some time in the 1970s.

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Marie, whose surname has not been used in reporting, was 15 when she took her own life in 2021.

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The couple, who are originally from Kerala, India where a father's first name is used as a surname, now have their own room in the hospital.

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In a society that puts so much emphasis on seniority, Mr Tsuji's surname was crucial to his ability to make major changes at Sanrio.

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“As the community becomes more mainstream, they’re more in tune with their own political ideology and they’re not going to vote for somebody just because he or she has a Portuguese surname,” said Borges, the Portuguese scholar.

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

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