sur‧name /ˈsɜːneɪm $ ˈsɜːr-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: sur- 'above, beyond' (from Old French; ⇒ surcharge) + name]
the name that you share with your parents, or often with your husband if you are a married woman, and which in English comes at the end of your full name Synonym : last name, family name ⇒ forename

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surname
noun
ADJ. double-barrelled, hyphenated
VERB + SURNAME bear, have | address/call sb by The teacher addresses the students by their surnames.
change | adopt, assume, take On marriage most women still take their husband's surname.

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