Sur-name

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of surname. alt-of, obsolete

    "We neede not goe farre for other examples, but looke into our Royall houſe, where ſo many partages, ſo many ſur-names, and ſo many ſeverall titles have ſo encombred-vs, that the originall of the ſtocke is vtterly loſt."

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cognomenfamily namelast nameepithetepithetfamily name

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"We neede not goe farre for other examples, but looke into our Royall houſe, where ſo many partages, ſo many ſur-names, and ſo many ſeverall titles have ſo encombred-vs, that the originall of the ſtocke is vtterly loſt."

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