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mon·i·ker
or mon·ick·er (mŏn′ĭ-kər)n. Slang
A personal name or nickname.
[Probably from Shelta munik, name, possibly alteration of Irish Gaelic ainm, from Old Irish; see nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots.]
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moniker
(ˈmɒnɪkə) ormonicker
n
slang a person's name or nickname
[C19: from Shelta munnik, altered from Irish ainm name]
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mon•i•ker
or mon•ick•er
(ˈmɒn ɪ kər)n.
Slang. name; nickname.
[1850–55; probably < Shelta mŭnnik name (alleged to be a permutation and extension of Irish ainm name)]
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moniker
- Originally meant a mark left by a tramp on a building or fence to indicate he/she had been there; therefore, a tramp's moniker identified him/her like a signature.See also related terms for signature.
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| Noun | 1. |  moniker - a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"appellation, appellative, designation, denomination - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others |
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moniker
or monickernoun
Slang. The word or words by which one is called and identified:
appellation, appellative, cognomen, denomination, designation, epithet, name, nickname, style, tag, title.
Slang: handle.
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