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occupational names

occupational names is the plural of occupational name.

Meaning of occupational name

Noun

occupational name (plural occupational names)

  1. A name, especially a surname — such as Smith or Taylor — that is derived from an occupation, presumably that of a distant ancestor.

Questions about occupational names

What is occupational names the plural of?
Occupational names is the plural of occupational name.

Words near occupational names in the dictionary

  1. occupational hazard
  2. occupational hazards
  3. occupational health and safety
  4. occupational hygiene
  5. occupational name
  6. occupational names
  7. occupational safety and health
  8. occupational surname
  9. occupational therapies
  10. occupational therapist
  11. occupational therapists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: occupational names (page history and authors); occupational name (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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