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Aptronym

//ˈæptɹəʊˌnɪm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A name that is aptly suited to its owner.

    "Speck also turns out to be a shopkeeper whose small-town mentality finds a reflection in his aptronym: "Speck" in German meaning bacon, he is the local butcher concerned with selling his merchandise regardless of its real quality."

Etymology

Blend of apt + patronym.

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