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code name

noun

: a designation having a coded and usually secret meaning
code-name transitive verb

Examples of code name in a Sentence

Every secret agent has a code name.
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The buyer of the parcels is listed as Jimnist LLC, a company that was previously linked to Meta while the data center was still operating under the code name Project Bigfoot. Mars King, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025 The post shared that the production company will be called Muse Films — an apparent nod to her Secret Service code name, Muse. Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025 Or was that just a code name in the same way that Greenbrier was for El Camino? Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025 Project Kuiper started off as a code name for Amazon’s satellite internet ambitions. PC Magazine, 13 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for code name

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of code name was in 1867

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“Code name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/code%20name. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.

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