Etymology
Origin of byname
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English; by- ( def. ) + name ( def. )
Example Sentences
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That byname, by the nature of DuVernay’s project, almost immediately comes to seem not merely inadequate but unjust.
From The New Yorker • May 30, 2019
The Resurrection Man - to use a byname of the period - was not to be deterred by any of the sanctities of customary piety.
From Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis
To-name, tōō′-nām, n. a byname, nickname, or name in addition to Christian name and surname.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Rant′er, a noisy talker: a jovial fellow: a boisterous preacher: a byname for the Primitive Methodists: a nickname applied to the members of a sect of the Commonwealth time; Rant′erism.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
No; he had never heard of one called Randall, neither in hat nor cowl, but he knew more of them by face than by name, and more by byname than surname or christened name.
From The Armourer's Prentices by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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