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by the name (of)

known as The teacher that I enjoyed the most in high school was a man by the name of Don Feinstein.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the form go by the name of: Francie goes by the name Franchita.

See also: name

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If "John" or "Susan" belonged to a white man by the name of "Hatcher," sometimes he was called "John Hatcher," or as often "Hatcher's John. Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context This barber, who went by the name of Little Benjamin, was a fellow of great oddity and humour, which had frequently let him into small inconveniencies, such as slaps in the face, kicks in the breech, broken bones, &c. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context Were you accompanied on that occasion by a friend of the name of Tupman, and another by the name of Snodgrass? The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context More results

? References in classic literature

If "John" or "Susan" belonged to a white man by the name of "Hatcher," sometimes he was called "John Hatcher," or as often "Hatcher's John.

Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context

This barber, who went by the name of Little Benjamin, was a fellow of great oddity and humour, which had frequently let him into small inconveniencies, such as slaps in the face, kicks in the breech, broken bones, &c.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context

Were you accompanied on that occasion by a friend of the name of Tupman, and another by the name of Snodgrass?

The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context

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