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sur·name / ˈsərˌnām/ • n. a hereditary name common to all members of a family, as distinct from a given name. ∎ archaic a name, title, or epithet added to a person's name, esp. one indicating their birthplace or a particular quality or achievement: by his successes there, he acquired the surname of “the African.”• v. [tr.] (usu. be surnamed) give a surname to: Eddie Penham, so aptly surnamed, had produced a hand-painted sign for us.
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NAMING. American personal names typically include a given name, middle name, surname, and occasionally suffixes. Anglo-American surnames can b… nickname , nick·name / ˈnikˌnām/ • n. a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name. • v. [tr.] give a nickname… ALIAS , alias •Bierce, fierce, Pearce, Peirce, pierce, tierce •Fabius, scabious •Eusebius •amphibious, Polybius •dubious • Thaddeus • compendious •radius • t… ANTONOMASIA , ANTONOMASIA [Stress: ‘an-to-no-MAY-zy-a’].
1. In RHETORIC, the use of an EPITHET to acknowledge a quality in one person or place by using the name of…
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