to-name
Americannoun
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a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
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a surname.
noun
Etymology
Origin of to-name
before 950; Middle English; Old English tōnama. See to, name
Example Sentences
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Thus, every distinguished moss-trooper had, what is here called, a to-name, or nom de guerre, in addition to his family name.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 by Sir Walter Scott
“Ilk ane o’ them,” according to Maitland, had a to-name, or nickname, as it is commonly called now-a-days.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
Face-of-god was well-beloved of his kindred and of all the Folk of the Dale, and he had gotten a to-name, and was called Gold-mane because of the abundance and fairness of his hair.
From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris
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