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Definition of code-name in English English dictionary
- {f} give a code name to a person or something
- a name used to clandestinely identify something, either for military or espionage purposes, or for commercial confidentiality
- codename
- Alternative spelling of code name
- codename
- To give a codename to
- code name
- A code name is a name used for someone or something in order to keep their identity secret. One of their informers was working under the code name Czerny
- code name
- {i} name used to hide the identity or a person, secret name; name given to something in order to hide its identity; designation that has a secret coded meaning
- code name
- If a military or police operation is code-named something, it is given a name which only the people involved in it know. The operation was code-named Moonlight Sonata. a military contingent, code-named Sparrowhawk. A name assigned to conceal the identity or existence of something or someone. a name that is used to keep someone's or something's real name a secret