Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A surname.
- noun A nickname.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A secondary name; an epithet.
- noun A nickname.
- noun A pseudonym; a nom-de-plume.
- To give a nickname to.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A nickname.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
byname .
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Examples
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You could perhaps give a similar by-name to the ancestral Emrys of Lyonesse - I assume he successfully hammered his enemies?
The Anglian Tower, York Carla 2010
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Dotomi started out with an innovative, opt-in system that would have delivered personal, by-name messages through ad-banner space by recognizing cookies, but it was too innovative for its time.
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This dexterity had won him a reputation in that part of the country; and among the many children employed in these dangerous affairs, he passed under the by-name of Heathercat.
Lay Morals 2005
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The hand and heart of her sister Mary were yet unengaged, although she bore the by-name among her friends of the “Jessamy Bride.”
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And finally and I can't remember where I first saw this so thanks in absentia of by-name thanks, Kelly Jane Torrance has a nice examination of where the short story is, quoting its admirers and forecasting its renaissance.
shoe tree, ladies of the WNBA, transitory Venus, & etc. Gwenda 2004
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The mage had found his by-name, a thane and lord to serve, and, though he wasn™t looking for one, a home.
Stormblade Berberick, Nancy Varian 1988
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'Hairy Grozers' -- that was a by-name o 'the Gairner's -- in at Winton's shop door.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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His companions began to call him "The Big-un" and the by-name still clings to him.
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"Gullinhjalti" would then be a by-name, a pet-name, for Skofnung, derived from its golden hilt.
The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries Oscar Ludvig Olson
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For long afterwards the unit possessed the proud by-name of "The Assaye Regiment."
The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 John W. [Editor] Arthur
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