Synonym: byname, cognomen, dub, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet. Similar words: name, by name, good name, tournament, in the name of, acknowledge, acknowledgement, dynamic. Meaning: ['nɪkneɪm] 
n. 1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) 2. a descriptive name for a place or thing. v. give a nickname to.
n. 1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) 2. a descriptive name for a place or thing. v. give a nickname to. 
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31. His black cloak earned him the nickname ''Dracula''.
32. It was no doubt the carriers rather than the carried who gave the Tourmalet its nickname.
33. We acquired our nickname, the Goats, in the Peninsular War when we proved our worth in rocky terrain.
34. And the only nickname anyone has come up with for the dour former Stanford star is, well, Mike.
35. Chairman Des Moffatt says he's familiar with another unflattering nickname for the flats, but the Bronx comparison's an exaggeration.
36. Plus, a nickname implies jocularity, popularity, a certain friendliness and charm.
37. Their flocks numbered in the thousands, earning them the nickname of migrating millionaires'.
38. Mike had been given a nickname by the troops: did I know this?
39. Sometimes people prefer to use an Internet nickname or handle, which can be anything you like.
40. The boys had now decided on a nickname for me: Mona, after Leonardo's Mona Lisa.
41. But at least that one was known by a nickname.
42. Mouse got his nickname because he was small and weedy.
43. My father, on the other hand, could not be so easily summed up in a single paternal nickname.
44. A nickname can mark just one incident in the life of the person concerned.
45. Already one began to hear the nickname Suicide Langford; but that was either sour grapes or silly sensationalism.
46. Torme never objected to the velvet part of the nickname.
47. This powerful gift was gladly received and subsequently wielded effectively in many battles, earning Sigmar his nickname of Heldenhammer.
48. She got the nickname "Sis" because her brother couldn't pronounce her name when they were kids.
49. Symphony No. 88 has always been a favourite and rightly so, as well as the Oxford, helped by its nickname.
50. The nickname was a contemporary one,[sentencedict.com] a means of distinguishing this Charles from other Carolingians with the same name.
51. Indeed, the slow pace of communications has earned the Web a new nickname: the World Wide Wait.
52. His fondness for rings had already earned him the nickname Ringo.
53. His early writing defended Joaquin Murieta, and so he was given the nickname.
54. But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein, so presumably they saw signs of something better.
55. At the time I almost lived up to my nickname, Bone - close to Tone, and closer still to bone idle.
56. Because of the repeated use of the name Frederick, it is easiest to identify Frederick Barbarossa by his nickname.
57. I reminded her of Bobbie and would I mind if she called me by that dear nickname?
58. The Laws family ran a bakery in Northgate hence the nickname Teacakes.
59. At school,(sentencedict.com) her nickname was Carrots because of her red hair.
60. I have thought long and hard and often, over the years, about a subtle nickname for my opponent.