Definition of byname Byname
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What does byname mean?
WordNet
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| byname - 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" | ||
| nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet | ||
| 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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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- byname (v. t.)
To give a nickname to.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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byname
An informal, often humorous name; a name that is either connected to the real name, the personality, the appearance or an anecdote.
