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toname
to-name
/
ˈtuˌneɪm
/
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too
-neym
]
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noun
Chiefly Scot.
1.
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same
name
.
2.
a surname.
Origin:
before 950;
Middle English;
Old English
tōnama.
See
to
,
name
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to-name
—
n
(
Scot
) a nickname used to distinguish one person from others of the same name
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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