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Webster 1913 Edition

Misnomer

Mis-no′mer

,
Noun.
[OF. pref.
mes-
amiss, wrong (L.
minus
less) + F.
nommer
to name, L.
nominare
, fr.
nomen
name. See
Name
.]
The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title.
Many of the changes, by a great
misnomer
, called parliamentary “reforms”.
Burke.
The word “synonym” is fact a
misnomer
.
Whately.

Mis-no′mer

,
Verb.
T.
To misname.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Misnomer

MISNO'MER

,
Noun.
In law, the mistaking of the true name of a person; a misnaming. [Misnosmer, as written by Blackstone, must be a corrupt orthography. In no dialect has name, L. nomen, been written with s, unless by mistake.

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