middle name
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nounDefinition of MIDDLE NAME
1
: a name between one's first name and surname
2
: a term that is particularly apt to denote a person's qualities or affinities <patience is her middle name>
See Examples of MIDDLE NAME
- President John F. Kennedy's middle name was “Fitzgerald.”
First Known Use of MIDDLE NAME
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