MONIKER

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


Etymology

Noun

moniker (plural monikers)

A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.

Synonyms: byname, nickname, pseudonym, sobriquet, street name, to-name, Thesaurus:name

A signature.

Synonym: tag

(computing) An object (structured item of data) used to associate the name of an object with its location.

Anagrams

• romekin

Source: Wiktionary



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