Meaning of aftername | Babel Free

Definitions

A designation which comes after a name, similar to, yet not necessarily equivalent to one's last name

Examples

“'Oh, Lord kens that; we dinna mind⟳ folk's afternames muckle here, they run⟳ sae muckle into clans.'”

“Not only did the saints have⟳ all these afternames but the heroes and ancestors had twice as many of an identical pattern. And soon I observed that the first names were composed of the same elements as the afternames.”

“In England, in the Middle Ages, an individual sometimes used alternative afternames, that of his place⟳ of residence, his trade⟳, or that of his master instead of that of his father.”

“'Now is Dog the first name⟳ you have⟳ or the aftername?'”

“At this point⟳ in his narrative Snorri ties up his tale of Harald's aftername.”

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