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also monicker
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as in nickname
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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as in name
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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Recent Examples of moniker
Other monikers from indigenous tribes for this month’s full moon include the sleet moon from the Comanche people, the Creek tribe’s wind moon and the crow moon as named by the Shawnee.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
Besides its provocative moniker, there’s a reason the app went mega-viral without spending a dime on advertising — and didn’t even have to pretend to be a buzzy new AI product.
—Catherine Thorbecke, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2026
Their daughter, though, has a Shakespearean moniker.
—Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
Nearly 30 years later, Daley, who raps under the moniker Slug alongside Ant, is celebrating three decades as the hip-hop duo Atmosphere.
—Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
Besides its provocative moniker, there’s a reason the app went mega-viral without spending a dime on advertising — and didn’t even have to pretend to be a buzzy new AI product.
—Catherine Thorbecke, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2026
Their daughter, though, has a Shakespearean moniker.
—Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
Nearly 30 years later, Daley, who raps under the moniker Slug alongside Ant, is celebrating three decades as the hip-hop duo Atmosphere.
—Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moniker
Noun
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Too often, that nickname signifies a resistance to necessary change.—
Lou Rinaldi,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2026
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Jon Gallagher doesn’t have a nickname.—
Colby Gordon,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Jan. 2026
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The tour is focused on getting the top names to play together more often, and reducing the number of events is one way to do that.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Saman, who asked ABC News not to use his full name for fear of his safety, was in Rasht -- the largest city on Iran's Caspian Sea coast -- when the major protests formed.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Vice Mayor Darian Martin, who is Black, condemned Urbom’s use of the racial epithet.—
Theo Karantsalis,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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In the right-wing imagination, these women are acting like harpies — an epithet often seen online — when they’re supposed to be helpmeets.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Santa Clara, California — Mike Vrabel made his nnname in the NFL as a crunching outside linebacker, delivering punishment to opposing offenses and blowing up their plays on his way to winning multiple Super Bowl titles with the New England Patriots.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Starmer said that the government was working on legislation to remove the noble title, Lord Mandelson, that the ex-ambassador still holds.—
JILL LAWLESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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A lot of people thought that Ferrari bestowing the GTO nomenclature on this car was a mistake - the collectors of the world just put that rumour to bed permanently.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Jan. 2026
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Both Taylor Ham and Pork Roll, whose dueling nomenclature is apparently a Jersey-style source of contention, will also be served.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The designation coincides with the 140th anniversary of France-Korea diplomatic relations, dating to the 1886 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2026
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Instead, 13 Russians will participate in the Milan Cortina Games — which begin Friday — as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs), a designation that will also include seven Belarusians.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
3 Feb. 2026
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Testifying under a Jane Doe pseudonym at the Chicago trial in August 2022, Landfair willed herself to look directly at Kelly.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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The project, which Carey discussed in her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, was recorded in 1995 under the pseudonym Chick, with her friend Clarissa Dane handling lead vocals and Carey singing background vocals.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Moniker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moniker. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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