BYNAME

nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

byname (plural bynames)

(archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.

(archaic, historical) A nickname.

(UK dialectal, Scotland) A pseudonym; nom-de-plume.

(paganism) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry.

Synonyms

• cognomen

• sobriquet

• to-name

Hypernyms

• name

Verb

byname (third-person singular simple present bynames, present participle bynaming, simple past and past participle bynamed)

(transitive, archaic) To assign a byname to.

Anagrams

• baymen

Source: Wiktionary

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By"-name`, n.

Definition: A nickname. Camden.

By"name`, v. t.

Definition: To give a nickname to. Camden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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