[ noun ]
■ a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
e.g.)
・Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph
・Henry's nickname was Slim
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byname
,
cognomen
,
moniker
,
nickname
,
sobriquet
,
soubriquet
[ noun ]
■ a descriptive name for a place or thing
e.g.)
・the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'
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nickname
[ noun ]
■ a name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix)
e.g.)
・`Billy' is a hypocorism for `William'
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hypocorism
,
pet name
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