Definition of "codename" [codename]

• Alternative spelling of code name. (noun)
• To give a codename to. (verb)

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• "Some threats to Mr Obama, whose Secret Service codename is Renegade, have been publicised, including an alleged plot by white supremacists in Tennessee late last year to rob a gun store, shoot 88 black people, decapitate another 14 and then assassinate the first black president in American history."
• "However, I can't decide if the "Project 7734" codename is delightfully retro or irredeemably goofy."
• "Bob Russell - so boring his secret service codename is Bob Russell."