mon·i·ker or mon·ick·er (m n  -k r)n. Slang A personal name or nickname. [Probably from Shelta munik, name, possibly alteration of Irish Gaelic ainm, from Old Irish; see n  -men- in Indo-European roots.] |
moniker, monicker [ˈmɒnɪkə]
n
Slang a person's name or nickname
[from Shelta munnik, altered from Irish ainm name]
moniker - Originally meant a mark left by a tramp on a building or fence to indicate he/she had been there; therefore, a tramp's moniker identified him/her like a signature.
See also related terms for signature.
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| Noun | 1. |  moniker - a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"appellation, appellative, designation, denomination - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others |
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