Definitions
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- noun One who bestows a
nickname .
Etymologies
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nickname + -er
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Examples
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Inside the White House, “Smitty” poses for a portrait with the nicknamer in chief.
C. Brian Smith on dining with Dubya Smith, C. Brian 2009
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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."
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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He was a great nicknamer, he gave people nicknames.
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