Double-barrelled Definition

adjective
(of names) Having two separate parts often adjoined by a hyphen, eg. Wright-Phillips, Bowes-Lyon or Duncan Smith.
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  • single-barreled

Double-barrelled Sentence Examples

  • In this double-barrelled criticism it is important to distinguish what is really relevant.

  • Double-barrelled surnames should be transcribed as such ONLY when a hyphen appears in the source document.

  • Then writer 's cramp gripped him halfway through recording my three baptismal and one (double-barrelled) surname.

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