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Meanings of cognomen in English
Synonyms
Examples for "surname"
Examples for "surname"
1
He said changes to the surname were marginally the most common reason.
2
It's a common surname in China and east Asia, and among Asian-Americans.
3
Annoyed, he said: 'Might I point out that my surname is Tobiasson-Svartman?
4
And it certainly took less time to say than his surname did.
5
For example, raise your hands if your surname happens to be Sanza.
1
But that it retains her family name today was no mean feat.
2
The family refused to reveal their family name for fear of retaliation.
3
In 1765 he established the business that still bears his family name.
4
Peg and Cliff Small suit their family name: they lead small lives.
5
Yet she's refreshingly candid about the advantage her family name has offered.
1
Room number and last name used to authenticate to the hotel's network
2
Dimplez: No one in my family calls me by my last name.
3
They spoke on condition their last name would not be made public.
4
She'd definitely heard that last name before, she just couldn't remember where.
5
I'm not sure you ever mentioned her last name before, did you?
Usage of cognomen in English
1
The cognomen was put last, and marked the family; as Cicero, Cæsar.
2
Every white dweller among the Indians is known by some special cognomen.
3
De Sade says that his name was Louis, without mentioning his cognomen.
4
Ther cognomen what I packs with me now is sure fantastical.
5
The humorous turn given by Lenaeus to Lutatius's cognomen is not very clear.
6
Unlearn him his own cognomen,-teachhim another name,-toolate, too late.
7
My letter had appeared, signed Themistocles, his lordship's known political cognomen.
8
The cognomen of the loyal nephew with the Secesh uncle.
9
The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person.
10
But I am willing to know her by any cognomen that you may suggest.
11
Probably it was a corruption of his eastern cognomen.
12
All the refinement she had figured was ruined and defaced by that cognomen's unavoidable vulgarity.
13
Singularly enough, his character fitted this cognomen rather well.
14
The cognomen, "Haunted Island," might not seem wholly inappropriate to a superstitious mind.
15
These were called the prænomen (forename), nomen (name), cognomen (surname), and agnomen (added name).
16
Name of Severina; I don't know her cognomen-
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Cognomen across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common