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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name);
- Example: "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"
- Example: "Henry's nickname was Slim"
[syn: nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

By-name \By"-name`\, n.
   A nickname. --Camden.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Byname \By"name`\, v. t.
   To give a nickname to. --Camden.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

byname
    n 1: a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of
         a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his
         nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname
         was Slim" [syn: nickname, moniker, cognomen,
         sobriquet, soubriquet, byname]