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Definition:1. a family name with a prefix or suffix added to delineate lineage, such as Macdonald (son of Donald)2. a family surname
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“Offred” gives no clue, since, like “Ofglen” and “Ofwarren,” it was a patronymic, composed of the possessive preposition and the first name of the gentleman in question.
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)
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Levin was just about to enter into conversation with the old waiter, when the secretary of the court of wardship, a little old man whose specialty it was to know all the noblemen of the province by name and patronymic, drew him away.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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