"byname" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bynames [plural]
Etymology: From by- + name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”), Swedish binamn, Danish binavn and Norwegian Bokmål binavn. Etymology templates: {{af|en|by-|name}} by- + name, {{cog|nl|bijnaam||nickname}} Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), {{cog|de|Beiname||nickname, epithet}} German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”), {{cog|sv|binamn}} Swedish binamn, {{cog|da|binavn}} Danish binavn, {{cog|nb|binavn}} Norwegian Bokmål binavn Head templates: {{en-noun}} byname (plural bynames)
  1. (archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname. Tags: archaic, historical Translations (surname): презиме (prezime) [neuter] (Bulgarian), sukunimi (Finnish), пре́зиме (prézime) [neuter] (Macedonian), apellido [masculine] (Spanish), släktnamn [neuter] (Swedish), tillnamn [neuter] (Swedish), efternamn (english: last name) [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-byname-en-noun-Sp4Djwec Disambiguation of 'surname': 61 22 9 8
  2. (archaic, historical) A nickname. Tags: archaic, historical Translations (nickname): прякор (prjakor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tilnavn [neuter] (Danish), liikanimi (Finnish), пре́кар (prékar) [masculine] (Macedonian), apodo [masculine] (Spanish), apelativo [masculine] (Spanish), binamn [neuter] (Swedish), tillnamn [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-byname-en-noun-fHgV-yNX Disambiguation of 'nickname': 12 79 6 4
  3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A pseudonym; nom-de-plume. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-byname-en-noun-shIHW74L Categories (other): British English, Scottish English
  4. (Germanic paganism) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry. Tags: Germanic Categories (topical): Germanic paganism
    Sense id: en-byname-en-noun-jSnbzm8Z Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cognomen, sobriquet, to-name, by-name Hypernyms: name

Verb

Forms: bynames [present, singular, third-person], bynaming [participle, present], bynamed [participle, past], bynamed [past]
Etymology: From by- + name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”), Swedish binamn, Danish binavn and Norwegian Bokmål binavn. Etymology templates: {{af|en|by-|name}} by- + name, {{cog|nl|bijnaam||nickname}} Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), {{cog|de|Beiname||nickname, epithet}} German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”), {{cog|sv|binamn}} Swedish binamn, {{cog|da|binavn}} Danish binavn, {{cog|nb|binavn}} Norwegian Bokmål binavn Head templates: {{en-verb}} byname (third-person singular simple present bynames, present participle bynaming, simple past and past participle bynamed)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To assign a byname to. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-byname-en-verb-tE3XGCBY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: by-name

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "binavn"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål binavn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From by- + name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”), Swedish binamn, Danish binavn and Norwegian Bokmål binavn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bynames",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bynaming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bynamed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bynamed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "byname (third-person singular simple present bynames, present participle bynaming, simple past and past participle bynamed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assign a byname to."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaic) To assign a byname to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "by-name"
    }
  ],
  "word": "byname"
}

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