Definition: sur-

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

Sur
     n : a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea;
         formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
         [syn: Sur, Tyre]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sur- \Sur-\ [F. sur over, above, contr. fr. L. super, supra. See
   Super-.]
   A prefix signifying over, above, beyond, upon.

Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

Sur, that withdraws or departs; rebellion