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1. A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
2. A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.

Synonyms

• handle, hypocoristic, moniker, nick, sobriquet, pet name
• antonomasia, byname, cognomen

See also

• Epithet
• Hypocoristic
• Legal name
• Pseudonym
• Sobriquet
• Terms of endearment
• Victory titles