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last name

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last name
n.
See surname.
last name
n
another term for surname [1]
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Noun1.last name - the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
family name, surname, cognomen
name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"
maiden name - a woman's surname before marriage


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Since I have had the honor of being my lord's steward I have taken the last name as more dignified and calculated to make my inferiors respect me.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
In the first place, I must tell you that I was born in Omaha, and my father, who was a politician, named me Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs, Diggs being the last name because he could think of no more to go before it.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
She thought about him the very first moment on waking; and his was the very last name mentioned m her prayers.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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