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towname

towname is the alternative form of to-name.

Meaning of to-name

Noun

to-name (plural to-names)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Synonym of byname, any secondary name, including epithets, surnames, nicknames, cognomens, etc.
    Synonyms:
    byname, any secondary name, including epithets, surnames, nicknames, cognomens, etc

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Questions about towname

What is towname the alternative form of?
Towname is the alternative form of to-name.

Words near towname in the dictionary

  1. town-building game
  2. town-clerk
  3. town-clerks
  4. town-dweller
  5. town-dwellers
  6. towname
  7. townball
  8. townclerk
  9. townclerks
  10. towndweller
  11. towndwellers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: towname (page history and authors); to-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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