Definition of "surnames" [surnames]

• Plural form of surname. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of surname. (verb)

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• "The official total of permitted surnames is 161, but this doesn't do much to offset the fact that there are now 93 million Wangs in China - albeit very tiny wangs - something which is causing the authorities a bit of a problem."
• "Little things like missing hyphens, common in Hispanic surnames or Haitian first names, are enough to have a person's registration denied. ..."
• "I notice that the negroes seldom or never take the names of their present owners in adopting their "entitles," as they call their surnames, but always that of some former master, and they go as far back as possible."