Definition of "surnaming" []

• Present participle of surname. (verb)

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• "Ney enlisted at eighteen in a hussar regiment and gradually advanced step by step; Kleber soon discovered his merits, surnaming him "The Indefatigable," and promoted him to be adjutant-general when only twenty-five."
• "Ney enlisted at eighteen in a hussar regiment, and gradually advanced step by step: Kleber soon discovered his merits, surnaming him "The Indefatigable," and promoted him to be"
• "The Cossack chiefs celebrated his exploits, one of them surnaming him the "hetmann.""