Definition of nickname

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Nickname (v. t.) To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.

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Peeler :: Peeler (n.) A nickname for a policeman; -- so called from Sir Robert Peel.
Hoosier :: Hoosier (n.) A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana.
Nickname :: Nickname (v. t.) To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
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..
Wolverine :: Wolverine (n.) A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John..
Turlupin :: Turlupin (n.) One of the precursors of the Reformation; -- a nickname corresponding to Lollard, etc..
Nickname :: Nickname (n.) A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation..
Cracker :: Cracker (n.) A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.
Roundhead :: Roundhead (n.) A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction..
Suckered :: Sucker (n.) A nickname applied to a native of Illinois.
Campbellite :: Campbellite (n.) A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3..
Doughface :: Doughface (n.) A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded..
Granite State :: Granite State () New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite..
Locofoco :: Locofoco (n.) A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party.
Copperhead :: Copperhead (n.) A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
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..
Nick :: Nick (v. t.) To nickname; to style.
Byname :: Byname (v. t.) To give a nickname to.
Nicknamed :: Nicknamed (imp. & p. p.) of Nicknam.
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