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Definition of Byname
1. Noun. A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name). "Henry's nickname was Slim"
Generic synonyms: Appellation, Appellative, Denomination, Designation
Derivative terms: Nickname
Definition of Byname
1. n. A nickname.
2. v. t. To give a nickname to.
Definition of Byname
1. Noun. A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname. ¹
2. Noun. A nickname. ¹
3. Noun. (context: UK dialectal Scotland) A pseudonym; nom-de-plume. ¹
4. Noun. (paganism) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive archaic) To assign a byname to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Byname
1. a secondary name [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Byname
| byland bylander bylanders bylands bylane bylanes bylaw bylaws byline bylined | byliner byliners bylines bylining bylive byname (current term) bynames bynempt byos byotch | byotches byoyomi |
Literary usage of Byname
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1853)
"_ During a re,,dence of many byname. ^ ^ Wue, . immortalized appointed id mnde
a member of the Academy of St. I"«"1- " _, , . d on the 20th „. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1883)
"Thus we have for the co-ordinates of the resultant byname the expressions *<»i +
... <f>s denote those of the same byname in the second system. Let f(0i, . ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire: With Others by C. Clough Robinson (1876)
"But the practice of conferring byname» prevails more generally in the rural
localities. Indeed, almost everything and everybody is made subject to custom in ..."
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