monniker

Noun

moniker (plural monikers)

1. A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.
   • The rookie was upset at being called Lemon Drop until she realized that everyone on the team had a silly moniker.

   Synonyms:

   byname, nickname, pseudonym, sobriquet, street name, to-name, name, nomenclature, proper name

2. A person's signature.
   • The monikers of both these famously well-endowed movie stars contain enormous sworls (two of them, no less, for Ms West!) that could only signify you-know-what, according to Ms Koren.2007, Barry L. Beyerstein, “Chapter 16: Graphology-a total write-off”, in Sergio Della Sala, editor, Tall Tales About the Mind and Brain: Separating Fact from Fiction, page 255

   Synonyms:

   tag

3. An object (structured item of data) used to associate the name of an object with its location.
   • Monikers are often composed from other monikers to allow object hierarchies to be navigated based on a textual description of a path.1998, Don Box, Essential COM, page 131