Look up: misnomer


  1. misnomer
    [n] - an incorrect or unsuitable name
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=misnomer

  2. Misnomer
    Mis·no'mer noun [ Old French prefix mes- amiss, wrong (L. minus less) + French nommer to name, Latin nominare , from nomen name. See Name .] The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/78

  3. Misnomer
    Mis·no'mer transitive verb To misname. [ R.]
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/78

  4. misnomer
    noun an incorrect or unsuitable name
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=misnomer

  5. Misnomer
    • (n.) The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title. • (v. t.) To misname.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/misnomer/

  6. misnomer
    misnomer 1. A wrong or unsuitable name or term for something or someone. 2. A use of a wrong or unsuitable name or term to describe something or someone.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1317/2

  7. Misnomer
    A misnomer is a term which suggests an interpretation that is known to be untrue. Such incorrect terms sometimes derive their names because of the form, action, or origin of the subject becoming named popularly or widely referenced—long before their true natures were known. == Sources of misnomer...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misnomer

  8. Misnomer
    The act of using a wrong name. Misnomers, may be considered with regard to contracts, to devises and bequests, and to suits or actions.In general, when the party can be ascertained, a mistake in the name will not avoid the contract. Nihil facit error nominis, cum de corpori constat, is the rule of t...
    Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/m126.htm

  9. Misnomer
    (n) Misnomer is a wrong name affixed or assigned to an entity, group, association, article , product, actions etc especially when they are classified by its functional structure.
    Found op http://www.legal-explanations.com/definitions/misnomer.htm

  10. misnomer
    n. the wrong name.
    Found op http://dictionary.law.com/Default.xhtml?selected=1262

  11. misnomer
    1) An incorrect or unsuitable name 2) Ill-fitting title 3) Inappropriate name 4) Incorrect name 5) Lucus a non lucendo 6) Mrs 7) Name 8) What something shouldn't be called 9) Wrong-name error
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/misnomer/1

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