See also: by-name and by name

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Etymology edit

From by- +‎ name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (nickname), German Beiname (nickname, epithet), Swedish binamn, Danish binavn and Norwegian Bokmål binavn.

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byname (plural bynames)

  1. (archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.
  2. (archaic, historical) A nickname.
  3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A pseudonym; nom-de-plume.
  4. (Germanic paganism) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry.

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byname (third-person singular simple present bynames, present participle bynaming, simple past and past participle bynamed)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To assign a byname to.

References edit

  • byname”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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