byname
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byname
- /ˈbaɪˌneɪm/ US
Where it comes from
From by- + name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”), Swedish binamn, Danish binavn and Norwegian Bokmål binavn.
noun bynames · by-name · bye-name
- Synonym of epithet, a descriptive and distinguishing additional name. Lions-heart, is... the by-name of K. Richard.
- A formal epithet for a god or goddess, used in rituals in Heathenry.
- Synonym of pseudonym, a second name used to disguise authorship etc.
- Synonym of nickname, an informal personal name.
- Synonym of surname, a hereditary distinguishing additional name. Some of these by-names... remained many years after to them, and theirs; amongst which Plantagenist was entailed on the Royal bloud of England.
- Synonym of cognomen, a personal or hereditary additional name in ancient Roman contexts. Eutropius... gives him the additional name of Crinitus, perhaps a by-name of his family.
verb bynames · bynaming · bynamed · by-name · bye-name
- To assign a byname to.
