last-named
English
editEtymology 1
editAlternative forms
editAdjective
editlast-named (not comparable)
- The last person or thing named, e.g. in the preceding text.
- 1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Salute to the "Claude Hamiltons" & "Directors"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 115:
- 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 [...].
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “last-named”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Etymology 2
editVerb
editlast-named
- simple past and past participle of last-name