Middle-nameless
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Without a middle name. not-comparable
"The Democrats have been hunting for a presidential candidate who has no middle name and have pitched on one Grover Cleveland, of New York. The middle-nameless presidents were George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. But then they had made the other names stand for something."
Example
More examples"The Democrats have been hunting for a presidential candidate who has no middle name and have pitched on one Grover Cleveland, of New York. The middle-nameless presidents were George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. But then they had made the other names stand for something."
Etymology
From middle name + -less.
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