Crossword-Solution: MATRONYMIC
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Matronymic | n. | See Metronymic. |
We have 1 clue for the answer “MATRONYMIC”
| Clue | Answers |
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| derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REATE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MATRONYMIC (5)
The "Kuniyah," bye-name, patronymic or matronymic, is necessary amongst Moslems whose list of names, all connected more or less with religion, is so scanty.
Wherefore she has gotten her name in the good books of the sociological philosophers who uphold the matronymic theory touching early society.
Hence the great clans, Habr Gerhajis and Awal, who prefer the matronymic-- Habr signifying a mother,--since, according to their dictum, no man knows who may be his sire.
The name Abraham he received from his grandfather, but it was early dropped, and he was always known by his matronymic Albert.
The matronymic, _e.g._, Sveinn Ástriðarson, in early times was assumed when the mother outlived the father: it was never a mark of base blood; as amongst the Spaniards, where El Hijo de ruin padre, Toma el apelido de la madre.