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Moniker   /mˈɑnɪkər/   Listen
Moniker

noun
1.
A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name).  Synonyms: byname, cognomen, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet.  "Henry's nickname was Slim"






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"Moniker" Quotes from Famous Books



... hardly a glance; he was the common type, with low, vicious cunning stamped all over his face—an ordinary rat of the underworld. But her glance rested longer on his companion. The Pug was indeed entitled to his moniker! His face made her think of one. It seemed to be all screwed up out of shape. Perhaps the eye-patch over the right eye helped a little to put the finishing touch of repulsiveness upon a countenance already most unpleasant. The celluloid eye-patch, once flesh-colored, was now ...
— The White Moll • Frank L. Packard



Words linked to "Moniker" :   appellative, cognomen, byname, sobriquet, denomination, appellation, designation



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