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List of meaning for nickname

an alias or alternate name that someone uses instead of their real name

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"

nickname(verb)

a descriptive name for a place or thing

"the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"

dub, nickname(verb)

give a nickname to

a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual

his wavy hair earned him the nickname "Curly" early in life

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