take their husband’s surname. This was a Roman custom. Thus Julia, Octavia, etc., married to Pompey, Cicero, etc., would be called Julia of Pompey, Octavia of Cicero. Our married women are named in the same way, omitting “of.”
Jenny Lind
La Loi: Le faible trouve sa force dans la loi qui le protège
Fantine [Les Misérables]
Female Macaroni.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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