moniker (redirected from monikered)

mon·i·ker or mon·ick·er  (mn-kr)

n. Slang

A personal name or nickname.

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[Probably from Shelta munik, name, possibly alteration of Irish Gaelic ainm, from Old Irish; see n-men- in Indo-European roots.]

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moniker or monicker

Noun

Slang a person's name or nickname [Shelta munnik, altered from Irish Gaelic ainm name]

Thesaurus

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" byname, cognomen, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet appellation, appellative, designation, denomination - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others