Misnomer

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  • noun. An error in naming a person or place.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Application of a wrong name.
  • noun. A name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or object.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To designate by a mistaken or unsuitable name; misname.
  • noun. A misnaming; the act of applying a wrong name or designation.
  • noun. In law, an error in name; misstatement in a document of the name of a person.
  • noun. Hence A mistaken name or designation; a misapplied term.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • transitive verb. To misname.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A use of a term asserted to be misleading; a misname.
  • noun. A term asserted to be widely used incorrectly.
  • noun. A term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense.
  • verb.  To use a misleading term; to misname.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an incorrect or unsuitable name