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Surname

nounid 135306·updated May 18, 2026
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the name used to identify the members of a family, as distinguished from each member's given name

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
cognomenfamily namelast name
plural
Surnames
possessive
Surname's
pluralpossessive
Surnames'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
the name used to identify the members of a family, as distinguished from each member's given name
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
the name used to identify the members of a family, as distinguished from each member's given name
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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Incoming relationships

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