username

nounA2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans written

Other forms: usernames

A username is the public name you choose for your account. Pick a username.

It is public where the password is not, which is the distinction people forget. A username chosen at fifteen follows somebody into their working life.

Definitions of username

1nounusernameThe public name you choose for your account.A2
“His username had been the same since about 2004.”

username is a name.

Also accepted in games: handle

Where it comes from

User plus name, one of the plainest compounds computing has produced.

From user + name.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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username

nounA2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans written

Other forms: usernames

A username is the public name you choose for your account. Pick a username.

It is public where the password is not, which is the distinction people forget. A username chosen at fifteen follows somebody into their working life.

Definitions of username

1nounusernameThe public name you choose for your account.A2
“His username had been the same since about 2004.”

username is a name.

Also accepted in games: handle

Where it comes from

User plus name, one of the plainest compounds computing has produced.

From user + name.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA