to surname

Examples

• All

• As further evidence, the bottles sabotaged all had Irish or English-surnamed donors.

  Fiction book (1993)

• To give an extreme example, an immigrant might be included in studies of Chicanos, Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, Latinos or Latin Americans, Central Americans, Hispanics, Spanish speakers, the Spanish-surnamed, or the working class.

  Academic text (1991)

• "And James is son of zebedee and John, the brother of James, and he surnamed them the boanerges, which is the sons of thunder."

  Resurrection (1999)

• During the past three years, only one Spanish-surnamed contestant has finished in the top fifteen money winners in any PRCA contest.

  Academic text (1994)

• However, it included no trick and fancy roping competition, and the only Spanish-surnamed participant was a bull named Pancho Villa.

  Academic text (1994)

• Furthermore, there is some preliminary evidence that a larger percentage of the Spanish-surnamed New Yorkers identified as black in the 1925 census lived in Brooklyn than in Spanish Harlem.

  Academic text (2001)

• There are two Norman matches: one is descended from the full sister of my great-grandfather (he also had many half-siblings), and one is descended from my Norman-surnamed 6g-grandfather.

  Blog text (26)

• Some might be concerned about the safety of Olle walking trails after a 46-year-old man surnamed Kang kidnapped and killed a 39-year-old woman hiker on an early morning in mid-July.

  Blog text (9)

• The teacher surnamed Jones helped the students learn about history.

• In the story, the hero is surnamed Brown after his family name was revealed.

Synonyms

N

to name

vsto surname

∞ 1.0

To give a word people use to identify someone or something

refers specifically to giving a family label in addition to a personal one

How Familiar

pet name

• Informal

11 2.1

to nickname

• Informal

49 2.0

cognomen

9.9

given name

13 2.0

to surname

1 6.1

Surface Forms

Etymology