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Cryptonym

Cryp′to-nym

(kr?p′t?-n?m)

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Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] secret + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] name.]

A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.

Definition 2024

cryptonym

cryptonym

English

Noun

cryptonym ‎(plural cryptonyms)

A secret name, a code name.
The spy was known only by his cryptonym, 'shadow'.