Misnomer /(?)/
Mis·no·mer
Misnomer
n.
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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.
Many of the changes, by a great misnomer, called parliamentary “reforms”.
The word “synonym” is fact a misnomer.
Misnomer
v. t.
- To misname. [R.]