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.
Recent Examples on the Web But the service had one key informant — a man given the code name Shaul. Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024 He's seen the scores of New Mexicans and tribal members sickened since Trinity, the code name for the first nuclear test in 1945. Claudia Grisales, NPR, 6 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for code name 

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Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

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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 29 May. 2024.

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