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1. (n.) nickname
a name substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity.
2. nickname
a familiar form of a proper name, as Jim for James and Peg for
Margaret.
3. (v.t.) nickname
to call by a nickname.
4. nickname
Archaic. to call by an incorrect or improper name; misname.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME nekename, for ekename (the phrase an ekename being taken as a nekename). See eke2, name)
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| Definition of 'Nickname' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname
a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
"Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"
2. (verb) nickname
a descriptive name for a place or thing
"the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"
3. (verb) dub, nickname
give a nickname to
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1. (noun) nickname
a name given to sb by their friends that is not their usual name
Her nickname at home was "Bear."
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| Definition of 'Nickname' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Nickname
a name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation
2. (verb) Nickname
to give a nickname to; to call by a nickname
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| Definition of 'Nickname' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. Nickname
A combination of two separate unclassified words that is assigned an unclassified meaning and is employed only for unclassified administrative, morale, or public information purposes.
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Sense: an informal name given in affection, admiration, dislike etc
Wellington's nickname was `the Iron Duke'.
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 Afrikaans: bynaam, spotnaam |
 Arabic: لَقَب |
 Bulgarian: прякор |
 Brazilian: apelido |
 Czech: přezdívka |
 German: der Spitzname |
 Danish: kælenavn; øgenavn |
 Greek: παρατσούκλι |
 Spanish: apodo |
 Estonian: hüüdnimi |
 Farsi: اسم مستعار |
 Finnish: lempinimi |
 French: surnom |
 Hebrew: כִּינוּי |
 Hindi: उपनाम |
 Croatian: nadimak |
 Hungarian: ragadványnév, gúnynév |
 Indonesian: julukan |
 Icelandic: viðurnefni |
 Italian: soprannome |
 Japanese: あだ名 |
 Korean: 별명 |
 Lithuanian: pravardė |
 Latvian: iesauka; palama |
 Malay: nama timangan |
 Dutch: bijnaam |
 Norwegian: kjælenavn, tilnavn |
 Polish: przydomek |
 Persian: اسم مستعار |
 Pashto: مستعار نوم |
 Portuguese: alcunha |
 Romanian: poreclă |
 Russian: прозвище; кличка |
 Slovak: prezývka |
 Slovenian: vzdevek |
 Serbian: nadimak |
 Swedish: smeknamn,öknamn |
 Thai: ชื่อเล่น |
 Turkish: takma ad, lâkap |
 Taiwanese: 綽號 |
 Ukrainian: прізвисько |
 Urdu: لقب، عرفي نام |
 Vietnamese: biệt danh |
 Chinese: 绰号 |
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