Usually means: Surname derived from father's name.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word patronymic:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. patronymic: Merriam-Webster
  2. patronymic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. patronymic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. patronymic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. patronymic: Vocabulary.com
  6. patronymic: Wordnik
  7. patronymic: Wiktionary
  8. patronymic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. patronymic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. patronymic: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Patronymic, patronymic: Dictionary.com
  12. patronymic (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Patronymic (disambiguation), Patronymic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Patronymic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. patronymic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. patronymic: Rhymezone
  17. Patronymic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. patronymic: FreeDictionary.org
  19. patronymic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. patronymic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. patronymic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. patronymic: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PATRONYMIC, PATRONYMIC, PATRONYMIC: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

(Note: See patronymics as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (patronymic)

adjective:  Derived from one's father.
adjective:  (by extension) Derived from one's ancestors.
noun:  A name acquired from one's father.
noun:  (by extension) A name acquired from one's father's, grandfather's or earlier (male) ancestor's first name. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.

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