1. code name - Noun
2. code name - Verb
code name (plural code names)
(business, espionage, military) A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something, either for military or espionage purposes, or for commercial confidentiality.
code-name (third-person singular simple present code-names, present participle code-naming, simple past and past participle code-named)
Alternative form of codename
code-name
Avro began work proper in 1955, with the assigned Rainbow Code name of "Blue Steel" which it would keep in service. Source: Internet
Online payment through JomPAY (Biller Code: 5454, Biller Code Name: Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Ref 1: your TNB account number) is also available. Source: Internet
Many of the anti-tank mines would not be tripped by soldiers running over them since they were too light, hence the code-name. Source: Internet
Philby also dealt with Anatoly Gorsky (code-name Kap) the OGPU rezident in London and his predecessor, a German known as Reif (code-name Mar). Source: Internet