sirenamen.
rare.
A patronymic; a family name.
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1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 305v It should bee called our sire name, that is to say ye name of our fathers bloudde.
1552 Ordre Hospital S. Bartholomewes sig. D.iij Ye shall manifestly declare..the names and sirenames of so many as that yeare haue died in the house.
1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. Biii Pharao the last king of Memphis, of that sirename.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. iii. 100 Old Reuben Mowbray had an excellent surname or sirename.
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