| English noun: nickname | 
| 1. | nickname (communication) a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) | 
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 | Samples | Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph. Henry's nickname was Slim.
 
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 | Synonyms | byname, cognomen, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | appellation, appellative, denomination, designation | 
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| 2. | nickname (communication) a descriptive name for a place or thing | 
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 | Samples | The nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'. 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | name | 
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