Usually means: Surname derived from father's name.
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  1. patronym: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. patronym: Vocabulary.com
  3. patronym: Wordnik
  4. patronym: Wiktionary
  5. patronym: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. patronym: Dictionary.com
  7. Patronym: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. patronym: FreeDictionary.org
  9. patronym: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  10. patronym: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. patronym: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Patronym: Legal dictionary

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  1. patronym: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (patronym)

▸ noun:  The name of someone's father.
▸ noun:  A patronymic surname.

Similar:
patronymy, patrimony, paternity, pater, patrimoiety, patricide, pater familias, patria potestas, father-slayer, fatherdom, more...

Opposite:
matronym, metronym

Adjectives:
same, maya, common, true, own, new, spanish

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Similar:
patronymy, patrimony, paternity, pater, patrimoiety, patricide, pater familias, patria potestas, father-slayer, fatherdom, more...

Opposite:
matronym, metronym

Adjectives:
same, maya, common, true, own, new, spanish



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