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also monicker
Synonyms of moniker
1
a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual
- seeing as no respectable rodeo performer could possibly be known as Leslie, a suitably masculine moniker was created for him
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2
a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known
- "Cornelius Jedidiah Beauregard" is his rather unwieldy moniker
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- byname,
- diminutive,
- epithet,
- hypocorism,
- nickname,
- sobriquet
- (also soubriquet)
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“Moniker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moniker. Accessed 21 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of moniker was in 1851
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