Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord,
and surname himself by the name of Israel. --Isa. xliv.
5.
[1913 Webster]
And Simon he surnamed Peter. --Mark iii. 16. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
surnamed — sur·name || sÉœrneɪm / sÉœË n. name that is shared by members of a family, family name, last name v. give a surname to … English contemporary dictionary
Ptolemy I — (surnamed Soter) 367? 280 B.C., ruler of Egypt 323 285: founder of Macedonian dynasty in Egypt. * * * … Universalium
Ptolemy II — (surnamed Philadelphus) 309? 247? B.C., king of Egypt 285 247? (son of Ptolemy I). * * * … Universalium
AGNES SOREL — surnamed Dame de beauté, mistress of Charles VII. of France (1409 1450) … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
ALFONSO III — surnamed the Great, king of Asturias, ascended the throne in 866, fought against and gained numerous victories over the Moors; the members of his family rose against him and compelled him to abdicate, but on a fresh incursion of the Moors he… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
BERLICHINGEN, GOETZ VON — surnamed The Iron Hand, a brave but turbulent noble of Germany, of the 15th and 16th centuries, the story of whose life was dramatised by Goethe, to save, as he said, the memory of a brave man from darkness, and which was translated from the… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
BOILEAU, NICOLAS — (surnamed Despréaux, to distinguish him from his brother), poet and critic, born in Paris; brought up to the law, but devoted to letters, associating himself with La Fontaine, Racine, and Molière; author of Satires and Epistles, L Art Poétique … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
BOLIVAR, SIMON — surnamed the Liberator, general and statesman, born at Caracas; a man of good birth and liberal education; seized with the passion for freedom during a visit to Madrid and Paris, devoted himself to the cause of S. American independence; freed… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
CARLYLE, ALEXANDER — surnamed Jupiter Carlyle, from his noble head and imposing person, born in Dumfriesshire; minister of Inveresk, Musselburgh, from 1747 to his death; friend of David Hume, Adam Smith, and Home, the author of Douglas ; a leader of the Moderate… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
CHARLES III — surnamed THE SIMPLE became king of France in 893; his reign one long struggle against the Normans, which ended by conceding Normandy to Rollo; was conquered by Hugh Capet, a rival for the crown, at Soissons, and dethroned in 922; died in… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
