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monicker

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mon⋅i⋅ker

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

Origin:
1850–55; prob. < Shelta mŭnnik name (alleged to be a permutation and extension of Ir ainm name ); final -er may represent -er 1 or, as a sp. of ə, simply release of the k
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mon·i·ker or mon·ick·er   (mŏn'ĭ-kər)   
n.   Slang
A personal name or nickname.

[Probably from Shelta munik, name, possibly alteration of Irish Gaelic ainm, from Old Irish; see n-men- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
moniker [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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Word Origin & History

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").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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