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mon·i·ker

   [mon-i-ker]
noun Slang.
a person's name, especially a nickname or alias.
Also, mon·ick·er.

Origin:
1850–55; probably < Shelta mŭnnik name (alleged to be a permutation and extension of Irish ainm name); final -er may represent -er1 or, as a spelling of ə, simply release of the k
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moniker or monicker (ˈmɒnɪkə)
 
—n
slang a person's name or nickname
 
[C19: from Shelta munnik, altered from Irish ainm name]
 
monicker or monicker
 
—n
 
[C19: from Shelta munnik, altered from Irish ainm name]

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moniker
1849, said to be originally a hobo term (but attested in London underclass from 1851), of uncertain origin; perhaps from monk (monks and nuns take new names with their vows, and early 19c. British tramps referred to themselves as "in the monkery").
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moniker definition

[ˈmɑnəkɚ]
and monniker
  1. n.
    a nickname. : With a moniker like that, you must get in a lot of fights.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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