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BYNAME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
Example:
Henry's nickname was Slim
Synonyms:
byname; cognomen; moniker; nickname; sobriquet; soubriquet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("byname" is a kind of...):
appellation; appellative; denomination; designation (identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others)
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