| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mon·i·ker |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m n  -k r |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or mon·ick·er |
| NOUN: | Slang A personal name or nickname. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Probably from Shelta munik, name, possibly alteration of Irish Gaelic ainm, from Old Irish. See n -men- in Appendix I.
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