Forename: alternatives and connections

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and…

The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; ass…

A surname.

That which goes before in time; that which precedes.

A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or cours…

A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname…

A surname.

Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname.

A cognomen or surname.

Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the…

Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope.

A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in diff…

In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.

A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and r…

With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army.