Definitions for: Nickname

[n] a familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"
[v] give a nickname to

Webster (1913) Definition: Nick"name`, n. [OE. ekename surname, hence, a
nickname, an ekename being understood as a nekename,
influenced also by E. nick, v. See Eke, and Name.]
A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity;
a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.

Nick"name`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nicknamed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Nicknaming.]
To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.

You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke.
--Shak.

I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the
doctrine of finality. --Macaulay.

Synonyms: cognomen, dub, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet

See Also: appellation, appellative, call, denomination, designation, name

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