nickname
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Definitions
Noun
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"
Noun
a descriptive name for a place or thing; "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides''"
Verb
give a nickname to