Definition of Surnamer

1. one that surnames [n -S] - See also: surnames

Lexicographical Neighbors of Surnamer

surmisers
surmises
surmising
surmount
surmountable
surmounted
surmounter
surmounters
surmounting
surmounts
surmullet
surmullets
surname
surnamed
surnameless
surnamer (current term)
surnamers
surnames
surnaming
surnay
surnominal

Literary usage of Surnamer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Eng., i. surnamer ... and such as Is true or esteemed and likely to be true, It Is then called not metonimia, but antonomasia, or the surnamer. ..."

2. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1909)
"MA, Market and Main Shnayerson, Dr. L., 20 Bank Simon, I., 443 Ellison surnamer, Dr. I., 89 Bridge Weingartner, Moses, 278 Carroll 52 Perth Amboy SPECIAL ..."

3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to ...by Robert Nares by Robert Nares (1859)
"Norman surnamer The "Additional Prolusion,.,» copious INDEX of many thousand Names. These fea- "A curious work, and got up, moreover, with that than anew ..."

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