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patronymic
noun as in name
Strong matches
noun as in surname
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Example Sentences
It will also allow the use of traditional patronymic and matronymic names used by the Frisian minority, which entail children’s surnames being based on their father’s or mother’s first name.
The court ruled that children should still be given patronymics from birth to protect them from harassment and bullying.
Another time he had addressed a prison official by his military rank rather than the more respectable name and patronymic.
We learned his birth date, his birthplace, his wife’s — my grandmother’s — patronymic.
“On Monday morning at school I was greeted with the words: ‘Marina Gusmanovna, the police are here for you,’” Dubrova said in the interview, using her formal name with patronymic.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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