noun
Meaning
a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
“Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph”
nicknamemonikercognomensobriquetsoubriquetbynamesurnamefamily name
How to pronounce
cognomina
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