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Definition of Family name
1. Noun. The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name).
Definition of Family name
1. Noun. A surname. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Name
Literary usage of Family name
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"family name is of Saxon Origin — "Conquer Death by Virtue"—Arrival of Rev. ...
THE family name of Sherman is, no doubt, of Saxon origin. ..."
2. The Law of Unfair Competition and Trademarks: With Chapters on Good-will by Harry Dwight Nims (1917)
"family names are often used in naming corporations, and when the same family name
is used in two corporations confusion and injury usually result. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"... family name of Blase,” &c. Local circumstances, past or present, seem also to
confirm the above. FBD Bacon's Advancement of Learning (2” S. v. 356.) . ..."
4. The Measurement of Intelligence: An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for by Lewis Madison Terman (1916)
"Giving the family name Procedure. The child is asked, " What is your name ? "
If the answer, as often happens, includes only the first name (Walter, ..."
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