Noun: moniker mó-ni-ku(r)
- A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
"Joe's mother would not use his moniker and always called him Joseph";
- nickname, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname, monicker
Derived forms: monikers
Type of: appellation, appellative, denomination, designation
Encyclopedia: Moniker