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Surname \Sur"name`\, n. [Pref. sur name; really a substitution
for OE. sournoun, from F. surnom. See {Sur-}, and {Noun},
{Name}.]
1. A name or appellation which is added to, or over and
above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a
family name.
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Note: Surnames originally designated occupation, estate,
place of residence, or some particular thing or event
that related to the person; thus, Edmund Ironsides;
Robert Smith, or the smith; William Turner. Surnames
are often also patronymics; as, John Johnson.
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2. An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen. "My
surname, Coriolanus." --Shak.
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Note: This word has been sometimes written sirname, as if it
signified sire-name, or the name derived from one's
father.
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Surname \Sur*name"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surnamed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Surnaming}.] [Cf. F. surnommer.]
To name or call by an appellation added to the original name;
to give a surname to.
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Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord,
and surname himself by the name of Israel. --Isa. xliv.
5.
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And Simon he surnamed Peter. --Mark iii.
16.
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