nickname — Defs

01 n. A name given in affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation; as, Nichol…

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A name given in affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation; as, Nicholas's nickname is Nick.

02 v. t. To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.

imp. & p. p. Nicknamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nicknaming

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To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
“You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke.” — Shak.

“I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality.” — Macaulay.