first-nameless en · ADJ
Etymology
From first name + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a first name.
Citing the candidate’s media aversion and campaign signs soliciting votes for a first-nameless “Kane,” Mitchell said, “They purposely didn’t want him in the public.”
2015 May 21, James O’Malley, “Consultant: Petition issues sunk Kane […]”, in Times Leader, numbers 2015-141, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5A, column 1:His parents never gave him a first name, left him to choose his own. Because he could not find one to suit him, he died first-nameless.
1939 June 5, 5 June 1939, “Milestones, Jun. 5, 1939”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 May 2025:Mrs. Denson shall remain first-nameless ("You can keep her out of this," her husband says), but she lives in Bethesda.
1988 December 21, Martha Sherrill, “THE $64,000 SURPRISE”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2025:
Coordinates
Christian-nameless · given-nameless · middle-nameless · last-nameless · surnameless