Aftername

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A designation which comes after a name, similar to, yet not necessarily equivalent to one's last name

    "'Oh, Lord kens that; we dinna mind folk's afternames muckle here, they run sae muckle into clans.'"

Example

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"'Oh, Lord kens that; we dinna mind folk's afternames muckle here, they run sae muckle into clans.'"

Etymology

From after- + name.

Related phrases

last name

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