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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An error in naming a person or place.
  2. n. Application of a wrong name.
  3. n. A name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A misnaming; the act of applying a wrong name or designation.
  2. n. In law, an error in name; misstatement in a document of the name of a person. Misnomers in proceedings are now frequently amended by the court, provided no party has been misled or prejudiced.
  3. n. Hence A mistaken name or designation; a misapplied term.
  4. To designate by a mistaken or unsuitable name; misname.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A use of a term asserted to be misleading; a misname.
  2. n. A term asserted to be widely used incorrectly.
  3. n. A term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense.
  4. v. transitive  To use a misleading term; to misname.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title.
  2. v. rare To misname.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an incorrect or unsuitable name

Etymologies

  1. From Anglo-Norman mesnomer, noun use of Anglo-Norman and Old French verb mesnomer ("to name incorrectly"), from mes- ("mis-") + nomer ("to name") (from Latin nōmināre). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English misnoumer, from Old French mesnomer, to misname : mes-, wrongly; see mis-1 + nommer, to name (from Latin nōmināre, from nōmen, name; see nŏ̄-men- in Indo-European roots). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. misname

hypernyms (1)

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  1. name

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  1. single-sheet
  2. skit
  3. sideswipe
  4. he-goat
  1. byplay
  2. promiscuousness
  3. misstatement
  4. send-up
  1. whodunit
  2. profiling
  3. thought
  4. senselessness
  1. anachronism
  2. immoralities
  3. mash-up
  4. time-limit
  1. name-dropping
  2. falling-off
  3. sang-froid
  4. misdirection
  1. solecism
  2. ceteras
  3. misinterpretation
  4. songwriters

rhymes (8)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Homer
  1. comber
  1. gomer
  1. gromer
  1. homer
  1. omer
  1. romer
  1. sarcoma

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  1. whale's-tongue
  2. marsh-plover
  3. er
  1. defense in abatement
  2. caconym
  3. fennec
  1. finch
  2. goldfinch
  3. macaco
  1. marmot
  2. mis
  3. red-breasted
  1. robin redbreast
  2. sea-pigeon
  3. skeldrake
  1. stone curlew
  2. troglodyte
  3. water-crake
  1. yellowhammer

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  • NUTZFORdBUCKS Class 3 weapons are a misnomer. They are Class 2 weapons that you purchase from a Class 3 dealer. May 5, 2012

  • yarb ...unless it's a cute nice dog which kills. Sep 29, 2010

  • looftma a cute nice dog, named killer, is a misnomer. Sep 27, 2010

  • plethora Red coral is actually red. Sometimes pink. Mar 2, 2009

  • dontcry A titmouse is a bird. Mar 2, 2009

  • sionnach Well, I know that Panama hats come from Ecuador. I'll leave the other two to greater Wordieminds. Mar 1, 2009

  • tbtabby What kind of animal is a titmouse?

    What country do Panama hats come from?

    What color is the red coral of the Mediterranean? Mar 1, 2009

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