nickname
/ˈnɪkˌneɪm/ n [C]Definition
› an informal name for someone or sometimes something, used esp. to show affection, and often based on the person's name or a characteristic of the person nickname /ˈnɪk·neɪm/ v [T] › He was so optimistic that his staff nicknamed him Twinkletoes.
(Definition of nickname n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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