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FAMILY NAME

Pronunciation (US):

• FAMILY NAME (noun)
The noun FAMILY NAME has 1 sense:

1. the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)

Familiarity information: FAMILY NAME used as a noun is very rare.

• FAMILY NAME (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

family name; last name; surname; cognomen

Hypernyms ("family name" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "family name"):

maiden name (a woman's surname before marriage)

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(Danish proverb)

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