middle name
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middle name
n.
A name that occurs between a person's first name and surname.
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middle name
n
1. a name between a person's first name and surname
2. a characteristic quality for which a person is known: caution is my middle name.
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mid′dle name′
n.
a name occurring between a person's first and family names.
[1825–35, Amer.]
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Noun | 1. | middle name - a name between your first name and your surname 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" |
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middle name
n → secondo nome mCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995