Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or relating to surnames.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a surname or surnames.
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- adjective Relating to
surnames .
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Examples
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Then, the surnominal pun never stood in for saturnine.
Rob Fishman: Californication Season 3: Sneak Peek And Review 2009
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But I do not propose to deal here with the vast subject of our English village names, but only with the essential elements of which they are composed, elements which were often used for surnominal purposes long before the spot itself had developed into a village.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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The first element is Anglo-Sax. hengest, stallion, and its most usual surnominal forms are Hensman and
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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Whatever surnominal adjective Kazuo Ishiguro finally bequeaths us (Ishiguronian?
New Fiction Joseph O'Neil 2005
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Whatever surnominal adjective Kazuo Ishiguro finally bequeaths us (Ishiguronian?
New Fiction Joseph O'Neil 2005
whichbe commented on the word surnominal
Pertaining to surnames.
May 16, 2008