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patronymic

DEFINITIONS OF: patronymic

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adj of or derived from a personal or family name

n a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)

Synonyms:
patronym
Type of:
name
a language unit by which a person or thing is known
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