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last-named en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From last + named.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) The last person or thing named, e.g. in the preceding text.
    • James Holden had been succeeded in 1907 by his son Stephen Dewar Holden and the latter in his turn in 1912 by A. J. Hill. The last-named introduced a revolutionary change in 1922 by rebuilding No. 1805 with a new high-pitched boiler [...]. 1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Salute to the "Claude Hamiltons" & "Directors"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 115:

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last-mentioned

last-named en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From last-name + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of last-name
    form of last-name