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Patronym has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)

2

The name of someone's father.

See Also
father andronym surname patronymic patronyms metronym onym name
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
name
Rhyming Words
nym onym ananym exonym avanym uninym avonym euonym odonym geonym isonym oronym dionym ironym eponym zoonym anonym polynym taxonym autonym
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