Definition of nickname

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Nickname (n.) A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation..

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Hunker :: Hunker (n.) Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy..
Suckered :: Sucker (n.) A nickname applied to a native of Illinois.
Nick :: Nick (v. t.) To nickname; to style.
Roundhead :: Roundhead (n.) A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction..
Earshrift :: Earshrift (n.) A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.
Yankee :: Yankee (n.) A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States..
Bobby :: Bobby (n.) A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler..
Byname :: Byname (v. t.) To give a nickname to.
Sobriquet :: Sobriquet (n.) An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname.
Monarcho :: Monarcho (n.) The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied himself an emperor.
Hoosier :: Hoosier (n.) A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John..
Nickname :: Nickname (v. t.) To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
Granite State :: Granite State () New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite..
Copperhead :: Copperhead (n.) A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
Doughface :: Doughface (n.) A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded..
Cracker :: Cracker (n.) A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.
Sawbones :: Sawbones (n.) A nickname for a surgeon.
Locofoco :: Locofoco (n.) A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party.
Bluenose :: Bluenose (n.) A nickname for a Nova Scotian.
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