Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
A nickname or epithet.
A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
One who identifies as a particular type or role; one who says and believes that they are a certain thing.
A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc.
A primary key.
Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of someone or something.
A guidebook that helps determine the specific class of an object (such as a mushroom, herb, fish, bird, drug, or mineral), or its individual identity (such as that of a star).
Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else.
A code that distinguishes a particular element from all other elements in a document.