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  • adjective Without a surname.

Etymologies

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surname +‎ -less

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Examples

  • With Brighton's new signing Vicente lining up alongside Inigo Calderon, Brighton have the opportunity to field a team which contains the full name of a major football stadium, writes the surnameless Chris.

    Does Robbie Savage stand a chance in Strictly Come Dancing? 2011

  • "I recently heard that Billy Liddell of Liverpool used to ride the tram to Anfield for matches in the 1950s," begins the surnameless Ian.

    When was the last season in which no top-flight manager lost their job? | The Knowledge 2011

  • The surnameless Pete, Colonel Woodruff's hired man, halted Buddy at the door.

    The Brown Mouse Herbert Quick 1893

  • Never till she was grown up, never, indeed, until she was a middle-aged woman and Mr. Skymer's housekeeper, did the baby know in what danger she was that morning, alone with surnameless Tommy.

    A Rough Shaking George MacDonald 1864

  • Cavendish and Solomons, -- you may well suppose that the good persons in the neighbourhood of Thames Court have no suspicion that the adventurous and accomplished ruffler, at present captain of this district, under the new appellation of Lovett, is in reality no other than the obscure and surnameless Paul of the Mug.

    Paul Clifford — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Cavendish and Solomons, -- you may well suppose that the good persons in the neighbourhood of Thames Court have no suspicion that the adventurous and accomplished ruffler, at present captain of this district, under the new appellation of Lovett, is in reality no other than the obscure and surnameless Paul of the Mug.

    Paul Clifford — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • As ever, it's presented by Lenny Henry and features the magicians Luis de Matos, Chris Korn and the surnameless Barry and Stuart, as they each attempt to train a C-list celebrity this week:

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • THE MAGIC OF VICENTE CALDERON AND MOSS ROSE With Brighton's new signing Vicente lining up alongside Inigo Calderon, Brighton have the opportunity to field a team which contains the full name of a major football stadium, writes the surnameless Chris.

    The Guardian World News John Ashdown 2011

  • Bill of The Daily Something. com, the surnameless author suggested it would easier to trade Adam Kennedy than it would be to get someone to take all or even part of Cristian Guzman's contract off the Nationals 'hands, which would allow them to follow through on the plan to move Guzman to second and open up short for the player everyone seems to think should have the job ...

    Federal Baseball Ed Chigliak 2010

  • As ever, it's presented by Lenny Henry and features the magicians Luis de Matos, Chris Korn and the surnameless Barry and Stuart, as they each attempt to train a C-list celebrity this week: Neil Morrissey, Angela Griffin and the father-son partnership of Larry and George Lamb in the ways of magic.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2009

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