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- noun Plural form of
patronym .
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Examples
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In their work, they not only cling to their family patronyms, but deal with diverse aspects of the Jewish condition in France today.
Elsa Zylberstein. 2009
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You would have patronyms (Johnson) and matronyms (Janesdaughter).
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You would have patronyms (Johnson) and matronyms (Janesdaughter).
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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He told me that Iceland maintained two phone directories: A small one for people with family names, arranged alphabetically by surname, and a main directory for traditional patronyms, alphabetically by given name, and then broken down by patronym.
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Is there ever going to come a day when people are just people and not patronyms, or "men",
YayaCanada yayacanada 2010
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(he visited there for one semester), used to complain that some patronyms just didn't sound right.
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