BYNAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does byname mean? 

• BYNAME (noun)
  The noun BYNAME has 1 sense:

1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

  Familiarity information: BYNAME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BYNAME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

byname; cognomen; moniker; nickname; sobriquet; soubriquet

Context example:

Henry's nickname was Slim

Hypernyms ("byname" is a kind of...):

appellation; appellative; denomination; designation (identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others)