moniker

UK/ˈmɒn.ɪ.kə/US/ˈmɑn.ɪ.kɚ/

nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #11,859 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: monikers

A moniker is a name or a nickname. Earned the moniker, under the moniker, a well-chosen moniker.

It is informal and slightly knowing, and it belongs to adopted names: a performer records under a moniker rather than under a name. It first appears in 1849 in the speech of tramps and travellers.

Definitions of moniker

1nounmonikerA name or a nickname.C1
“The fast little striker soon earned the moniker "the Rocket".”

moniker is a name.

Where it comes from

First recorded in 1849 among tramps and travellers, of uncertain origin, possibly from Shelta.

unknown; 1849. Suggested derivations are:

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

moniker in the wild

The most recent SAL adopted the moniker in 1980, having previously been the Western Carolinas League, founded in 1963.
South Atlantic League
The "barley" moniker is derived from its superficial resemblance to cooked pearl barley.
Tarhonya
The station has been broadcasting a country music format since 2006 and its on-air moniker is "Cat Country 95.1".
KATC-FM
The station is known by its moniker My 99.9.
KVUU
In February 2010, the station assumed a new moniker of "South 106.1".
WSTH-FM

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