Moniker

Noun

 * 1) A personal name or nickname.
 * The rookie policewoman was upset being called Lemon Drop until she realized that everyone on the police force has a moniker.
 * 1) * 2008, Salon.com, Court: OK to call Polish leaders ‘ducks’
 * An unidentified citizen filed the complaint along with the president’s office, saying that the moniker was slanderous.
 * 1) A signature

Quotations

 * My moniker is man and I'm rotten to the core - "Do What You Want" by Bad Religion

Synonyms

 * byname, nickname, sobriquet

Thesaurus
appellation, appellative, binomen, binomial name, byname, byword, cognomen, cryptonym, denomination, designation, empty title, epithet, eponym, euonym, handle, honorific, hyponym, label, name, namesake, nomen, nomen nudum, proper name, proper noun, scientific name, secret name, sobriquet, style, tag, tautonym, title, trinomen, trinomial name

Alternative forms

 * monacer, monicker, monniker

Etymology
First attested 1849, of origin. Amongst suggestion are back-slang for eke-name:, the Shelta word munik:, or monk:. Partridge (A Dictionary of Historical Slang) suggests it is a corruption of Monogram which fits well with the use in the sense of signature.

Pronunciation

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Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ; ,
 * French: sobriquet
 * Icelandic:, ,  viðurnefni


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian: nadimak, prišvarak, pridjevak
 * Spanish: ,