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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1834

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AGNAME, n. An added name, nickname. (N.E.D. does not mark this word as Sc., but quotes only from Hugh Miller, as below.)Sc. 1834 H. Miller Scenes and Leg. iv. (1857) 52:
The title, or agname, of Paterhemon.

[Formed on anal. of Lat. agnomen; Lat. ag- = ad- + Eng. name.]

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