Usually means: To incorrectly or wrongly name something.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. misname: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. misname: Merriam-Webster
  3. misname: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. misname: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. misname: Vocabulary.com
  6. misname: Wordnik
  7. misname: Wiktionary
  8. misname: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. misname: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. misname: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Misname, misname: Dictionary.com
  12. misname (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Misname: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. misname: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. misname: Rhymezone
  16. Misname: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. misname: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. misname: FreeDictionary.org
  19. misname: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. misname: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misname: Legal dictionary

(Note: See misnamed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (misname)

noun:  A wrong, unsuitable, misleading, or injurious name or designation; misnomer.
verb:  (transitive) To call by a wrong name.
verb:  (transitive) To give an unsuitable or injurious name to; name incorrectly.

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