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(nik′nām′)

noun

an additional or substitute name given to a person, place, or thing: usually descriptive and given in fun, affection, or derision, as “Doc,” “Shorty,” etc.
a familiar, often shorter, form of a proper name, as “Dick” for “Richard”

Origin: < (a)n ekename < ME ekename, surname: see eke & name

transitive verb nicknamed, nicknaming

to give a nickname to
Now Rare to misname

See nickname in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A descriptive name added to or replacing the actual name of a person, place, or thing.
A familiar or shortened form of a proper name.

transitive verb nick·named, nick·nam·ing, nick·names

To give a nickname to.
Archaic To call by an incorrect name; misname.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English neke name

Origin: , from a neke name

Origin: , alteration of an eke name

Origin: : eke, addition (from Old English ēaca; see aug- in Indo-European roots)

Origin: + name, name; see name

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nickˈnamˌer noun

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