byname
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Fromby-+name.Cognate withDutchbijnaam(“nickname”),GermanBeiname(“nickname, epithet”),Swedishbinamn,DanishbinavnandNorwegian Bokmålbinavn.
Noun
[edit]byname(pluralbynames)
- (archaic,historical)Asecondaryname for a person or thing; a person'ssurname.
- (archaic,historical)Anickname.
- (UKdialectal,Scotland)Apseudonym;nom-de-plume.
- (Germanicpaganism)A ritual title for a god or goddess used inHeathenry.
Synonyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]surname
nickname
Verb
[edit]byname(third-person singular simple presentbynames,present participlebynaming,simple past and past participlebynamed)
- (transitive,archaic)To assign a byname to.
References
[edit]- “byname”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.
- Oxford English Dictionary,2nd ed., 1989.