Misnomer Definition
mĭs-nōmər
noun
The act of applying a wrong name or epithet to some person or thing.
Webster's New World
An error in naming a person or place in a legal document.
Webster's New World
Such a name or epithet.
Webster's New World
A name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or object.
American Heritage
An error in referring to or naming a person, location, or object, particularly in a contract or other legal document.
Webster's New World Law
verb
To use a misleading term; to misname.
Wiktionary
Origin of Misnomer
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Middle English misnoumer from Old French mesnomer to misname mes- wrongly mis–1 nommer to name (from Latin nōmināre) (from nōmen name nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman mesnomer, noun use of Anglo-Norman and Old French verb mesnomer (“to name incorrectly"), from mes- (“mis-") + nomer (“to name") (from Latin nōmināre).
From Wiktionary
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