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Webster 1913 Edition


Nickname

Nick′nameˊ

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
I altogether disclaim what has been
nicknamed
the doctrine of finality.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nickname

NICKNAME

,
Noun.
[G. To banter. Signifies to surname, to call by a name of reproach.] A name given in contempt, derision or reproach; an opprobrious appellation.

NICKNAME

,
Verb.
T.
To give a name of reproach; to call by an opprobrious appellation.
You nickname virtue vice.

Definition 2024


Nickname

Nickname

See also: nickname

German

Noun

Nickname m (genitive Nicknames or Nicknamen, plural Nickmames or Nicknamen)

  1. (computing) nickname in the sense of screenname, handle

nickname

nickname

See also: Nickname

English

Noun

nickname (plural nicknames)

  1. A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
  2. A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.

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Verb

nickname (third-person singular simple present nicknames, present participle nicknaming, simple past and past participle nicknamed)

  1. (transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).

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