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mon·i·ker

ormon·ick·er (mŏn′ĭ-kər)
n.Slang
A personal name or nickname.
[Probably from Sheltamunik,name, possibly alteration of Irish Gaelicainm, from Old Irish; seenō̆-men- inIndo-European roots.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

moniker

(ˈmɒnɪkə)or

monicker

n
slang a person's name or nickname
[C19: from Sheltamunnik, altered from Irishainm name]
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mon•i•ker

ormon•ick•er

(ˈmɒn ɪ kər)

n.
Slang. name; nickname.
[1850–55; probably < Sheltamŭnnik name (alleged to be a permutation and extension of Irishainmname)]
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moniker

- Originally meant a mark left by a tramp on a building or fence to indicate he/she had been there; therefore, a tramp's moniker identified him/her like a signature.
See also related terms forsignature.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.moniker - a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)moniker - 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"
appellation,appellative,designation,denomination - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

moniker

ormonicker
noun
Slang. The word or words by which one is called and identified:
Slang:handle.
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Translations
přezdívka
lempinimiliikanimilisänimi

moni(c)ker

n (Britinf:= signature) →Namem, →(Friedrich)Wilhelmm (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007


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