Definitions for by-name

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Spelling: [bahy-neym]
IPA: /ˈbaɪˌneɪm/

By-Name is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in by-name (-abemny).

Definitions for by-name

noun

  1. a secondary name; cognomen; surname.
  2. a nickname.

Origin of by-name

Middle English word dating back to 1325-75

Examples for by-name

His daughter was named Steinvor, a pretty girl and well set up; her by-name was Slim-ankles.

But the thing that ruined him, and fixed the by-name on him, was, that he became a sort of fixture in Luckie Riddle's parlour.

It was not so; and the by-name by which I went behind my back confirmed it.

All these troops arrived by degrees in Tepeaca, and respectively obtained some by-name or other from our men.

It is well I knew what man he was under his by-name and his disguise.

JACK, a word with a great variety of meanings and applications, all traceable to the common use of the word as a by-name of a man.

The Resurrection Man—to use a by-name of the period—was not to be deterred by any of the sanctities of customary piety.

Alex inquired, remembering how the nun had addressed her by-name.

He was a capital comic actor, and owed his by-name to his success in playing Dicky, in the "Constant Couple."

"Indeed, and I hope it may be no more than a by-name," she said gravely.

Word Value for by-name
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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