covername
covername is the alternative form of cover name.
Meaning of cover name
Noun
cover name (plural cover names)
- A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something for confidentiality.
- By the time that he landed in New York early in June, 1915, Sir Edgar Speyer had good cause to be well aware that the Government was strongly opposed to any communication, direct or indirect, with enemy country and to all attempts to evade the censorship of letters and cables, whether by the use of...1922, UK Parliament, Report […] in the Case of Sir Edgar Speyer, London, p. 7
- Synonyms:
- code name
Forms of covername
| plural | covernames |
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Questions about covername
- What is covername the alternative form of?
- Covername is the alternative form of cover name.
Words near covername in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: covername (page history and authors); cover name (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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