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front names

front names is the plural of front name.

Meaning of front name

Noun

front name (plural front names)

  1. (archaic) A person's given name.
    • “Well, the front name I goes by nowadays is Dick,” said he, “and as I ain’t got no partic’ler use for no more name, jes’ call me Dick. […] ”1897 March, Montague Stevens, “‘Front Name’ Dick”, in The Cosmopolitan, Volume XXII, Number 5, The Cosmopolitan Press (1897), page 553

Questions about front names

What is front names the plural of?
Front names is the plural of front name.

Words near front names in the dictionary

  1. front man
  2. front matter
  3. front men
  4. front money
  5. front name
  6. front names
  7. Front National
  8. front nine
  9. front nines
  10. front of house
  11. front of mind

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