IN NAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in name mean? 

• IN NAME (adverb)
  The adverb IN NAME has 1 sense:

1. by title or repute though not in fact

  Familiarity information: IN NAME used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN NAME (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

By title or repute though not in fact

Synonyms:

in name; in name only

Context example:

he's a doctor in name only

 Context examples 

As the horse continued in name, as well as fact, the property of Edmund, Mrs. Norris could tolerate its being for Fanny's use; and had Lady Bertram ever thought about her own objection again, he might have been excused in her eyes for not waiting till Sir Thomas's return in September, for when September came Sir Thomas was still abroad, and without any near prospect of finishing his business.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)