Bible Dictionaries
Nickname

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.

(2):

(v. t.) To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Nickname'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​n/nickname.html. 1828.