Smith

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Proper noun 1.1.1 Quotations 1.1.2 Translations

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Singular Smith

Plural -

Smith

1. An English surname (the most common in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand); derived from the trade name smith.

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• 1852 D. H. Jacques, A Chapter on Names, The Knickerbocker, or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume XL, August 1852, page 114:

  John is a most excellent name, and Smith is a surname which is worthy of respect and honor, but wo to the man on whom they are conjoined! For John Smith to aspire to senatorial dignities or to the laurel of a poet is simply ridiculous. Who is John Smith? He is lost in the multitude of John Smiths, and individual fame is impossible.

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