patronymic

• Maria, glancing at the powerful figure of this "second Ivanovich" [his patronymic was the same as Aleksandr Pokryshkin's], asked how such a tall person as he managed to stuff himself into the cockpit of a P-39. —  Attack of the Airacobras - Soviet Aces, American P-39s and the Air War Against Germany
• In the course of time, as speech became more and more monosyllabic and a tiring effort, the patronymic was shortened to Fran. —  Astounding Stories June, 1935
• The husband of the heiress would have been required to assume the name and arms of Berners in order to perpetuate the family patronymic, and to live with his wife at the old manor house in order not to separate the only child from her aged father. —  Cruel As The Grave
• Paolo Giovio states that Vanotti was her patronymic, and although there was a clan of that name in Rome, he is wrong. —  Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day
• Many branches of families used to substitute the names of their estate or residence for their patronymic, which often makes the tracing of genealogies a difficult matter. —  Notes and Queries, Number 185, May 14, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

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