American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. family name n 1.a surname, esp when regarded as representing the family honour ...
The most common patronymics are ‘son’ and ‘dottir’. These surnames take the name of the father and attach either ‘son’ or ‘dottir’ as a suffix. For example, if a man called David had a son called Edward, he would be called Edward Davidson. Dottir was used by many Norse co...
While a French citizen, Marie Skłodowska Curie, who used both surnames, never lost her sense of Polish identity. She taught her daughters the Polish language and took them on visits to Poland. She named the first chemical element she discovered polonium, after her native country.Marie Curie ...
Therefore, these were common themes in his writing, and he often wrote from the perspective of a city-dweller who had not lost touch with the rural world. He was one of the leading figures of post-Civil War Spanish literature, winning numerous literary prizes. Several of his works have ...
Of American surnames most frequently appearing in the Social Security Death Index, Curtis ranks at 267 of 50,000. Its derivation is often linked to the word courteous; a characteristic GenealogyMagazine.com - Weaselhead, Devil and Drunkard: Surnames Originating as Insults ...
“Surnames such asKnight, Archer, and Bowman were common in medieval times and often indicated a person’s occupation as a soldier or member of the nobility. These names reflect the militarization of medieval society and the importance of martial virtues.” ...
Although it is one of the fivemost common surnames in China, Chen—agender-neutral name meaning "dawn" or "morning"—is a rare first name in the U.S., given to just five babies in 1982. 1983: Kent Canva 1983: Kent The third installment of the Superman franchisehit the big screen in...
Origin: English form of Milo Meaning: "soldier or merciful" Description: Miles, which has a permanent veneer of cool thanks to jazz great Miles Davis, is a confident and polished boys' name that's an American classic. Always ranking in the US Top 1000, it's been drifting up the charts...
【例句】This,for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage,refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.(2004年阅读)对于尚未意识到其危害的人来说,它指的是对那些姓氏起始字母位于字母表后半部的人的歧视。
The surnames which derive from a nickname are numerous and varied. When the days of autumn are bright and cool, and the nights are chilly but not freezing, the brightest colorations usually develop. Dordrecht has a subtropical highland climate ("Cwb", according to the Köppen climate classi...