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Webster 1913 Edition
Byname
By′nameˊ
,Verb.
T.
To give a nickname to.
Camden.
Definition 2024
byname
byname
See also: by-name
English
Alternative forms
Noun
byname (plural bynames)
- (archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.
- (archaic, historical) A nickname.
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A pseudonym; nom-de-plume.
- (paganism) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Translations
surname
nickname
Verb
byname (third-person singular simple present bynames, present participle bynaming, simple past and past participle bynamed)
- (transitive, archaic) To assign a byname to.
References
- byname at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.