surnamer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Coined by George Puttenham (1529-1590), English literary critic.

Noun[edit]

surnamer (plural surnamers)

  1. (rhetoric, obsolete) antonomasia (use of a proper name to suggest a quality)

Anagrams[edit]

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