surname
noun
the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a first name or given name; family name.
had surnamed
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past perfectof surname.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Only one, a boy of fifteen, whom we had surnamed "pink baby," was sitting up in bed.
From My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Sarah Bernhardt
My little court had surnamed him "La Quenelle."
From My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Sarah Bernhardt
One of the most eminent of these was Thomas Sumter, whom the Carolinians had surnamed the Game Cock.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
The women of the village, at the sight of his slender calves, had surnamed him "Jackdaw's Leg."
From Six Women and the Invasion by Gabrielle Yerta
The Strange One, whom Malemute Kid had surnamed Ulysses, still fascinated him; but his interest chiefly gravitated between Axel Gunderson and Axel Gunderson's wife.
From The Son of the Wolf by Jack London
