Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A name before one's surname; a first name.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name that precedes the family name or surname; a prenomen.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name.
  • transitive verb To name or mention before.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A name that precedes the surname.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the name that precedes the surname

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

fore- +‎ name

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