Definitions
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- n. One who bestows a nickname.
Etymologies
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nickname + -er
Examples
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Inside the White House, “Smitty” poses for a portrait with the nicknamer in chief.
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Our commander in chief is also famously our nicknamer in chief, but what he should be famous for is giving lousy nicknames.
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Of course the utilitarians have laid the foundations of such a science, with the result that the nicknamer of genius called this branch of science "pig philosophy," making just the same blunder as when he called political economy "dismal science."
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He was a great nicknamer, he gave people nicknames.
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