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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor);
[syn: patronymic, patronym]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

patronym
    n 1: a family name derived from name of your father or a
         paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son
         in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your
         father or a paternal ancestor) [syn: patronymic,
         patronym]