Associations to the word «Byname»

Wiktionary

BYNAME, noun. (archaic) (historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.
BYNAME, noun. (archaic) (historical) A nickname.
BYNAME, noun. (UK dialectal) (Scotland) A pseudonym; nom-de-plume.
BYNAME, noun. (paganism) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry.
BYNAME, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To assign a byname to.

Dictionary definition

BYNAME, noun. 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".

Wise words

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