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Definition of Forenames
1. forename [n] - See also: forename
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forenames
Literary usage of Forenames
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalog Rules: Author and Title Entries by James Christian Meinich Hanson, American Library Association, Library Association (1908)
"28 Unused forenames. Omit forenames not used by the author and no* ... 29 forenames
with variants. Give forenames which have a distinct variant in the form ..."
2. Annual Conference Proceedings of the American Library Association by American Library Association. Conference, American Library Association (1889)
"Arrange by forenames where the surname is the same ; surnames used alone precede
the same names with forenames; initials of forenames precede fully written ..."
3. Eclectic Card Catalog Rules: Author and Title Entries, Based on Dziatzko's by Klas August Linderfelt (1890)
"Otherwise the most frequently occurring forenames, or order of fore- §421 names,
are selected, and if it should not be possible to determine this, ..."
4. Papers and Proceedings of the ... General Meeting of the American Library by General Meeting, American Library Association (1889)
"Arrange by forenames where the surname is the same ; surnames used alone precede
the same names with forenames ; initials of forenames precede fully written ..."
5. Comparative Cataloguing-rules by Theresa Hitchler (1903)
"forenames are to be used in the form employed by their authors however unusual, eg,
... forenames not generally used should be neglected in the arrangement, ..."
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