Olgivanna -- in her country the nickname was a respectful form of address -- was not only attractive but shrewd, durable, sensible, and smart.

Now and then, the President would call for `` Little Jack, Master of the Hounds '', which was his nickname for a messenger who had worked in the White House since Teddy Roosevelt's administration, and discuss the welfare of some one of the animals.

The younger men, Vere, and Pembroke, who was also Edward's cousin and whose Lusignan blood gave him the swarthy complexion that caused Edward of Carnarvon's irreverent friend, Piers Gaveston, to nickname him `` Joseph the Jew '', were relatively new to the game of diplomacy, but Pontissara had been on missions to Rome before, and Hotham, a man of great learning, `` jocund in speech, agreeable to meet, of honest religion, and pleasing in the eyes of all '', and an archbishop to boot, was as reliable and experienced as Othon himself.

Because of this he was known as Gimpy ( but, as with Capone and his nickname of Scarface, never in his presence ).

Lou Gehrig was given the nickname Buster, and he ran Ruth a close race in home runs.

But the nickname never stuck and Gehrig was no match for Ruth in `` color '' -- which is sometimes a polite word for delinquent behavior on and off the field.

" The Abbot " was a nickname of RZA from the Wu Tang Clan.

* Molly Pitcher was a nickname given to a woman said to have fought in the American Battle of Monmouth, who is generally believed to have been Mary Ludwig Hays McCauly.

Strictly speaking, the ' Accrington Pals ' battalion is properly known as the ' 11th East Lancashire Regiment ': the nickname is a little misleading, since of the four 250-strong companies that made up the original battalion only one was actually composed of men from Accrington.

The movie's title is from the nickname for the 41st Police Precinct in the South Bronx which was nicknamed " Fort Apache ".

" Opponents sometimes referred to him as " Slick Willie ", a nickname first applied while he was governor of Arkansas and lasting throughout his presidency.

The city was referred to as " Hüdavendigar " ( meaning " God's Gift ") during the Ottoman period, while a more recent nickname is " Yeşil Bursa " ( meaning " Green Bursa ") in reference to the parks and gardens located across its urban tissue, as well as to the vast forests in rich variety that extend in the surrounding region.

So powerful was the attribution of " the Lions " nickname that three heraldic versions of the animal returned as the jersey badge in 1930.

The nickname was first used for a baseball team by the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who were members of the pioneering National Association of Base Ball Players.

When the club folded after the 1870 season, Wright was hired by Boston businessman, Ivers Whitney Adams to organize a new team in Boston, and he did, bringing three teammates and the " Red Stockings " nickname along ( Most nicknames were then only nicknames, neither club names nor registered trademarks, so the migration was informal ).

When a new Cincinnati club was formed as a charter member of the National League in 1876, the " Red Stockings " nickname was commonly reserved for them once again, and the Boston team was referred to as the " Red Caps ".

For years many sources have listed " Pilgrims " as the early Boston AL team's official nickname, but researcher Bill Nowlin has demonstrated that the name was barely used, if at all, during the team's early years.

The origin of the nickname appears to be a poem entitled “ The Pilgrims At Home ” written by Edwin Fitzwilliam that was sung at the 1907 home opener (“ Rory O ’ More ” melody ).

This nickname was commonly used during that season, perhaps because the team had a new manager and several rookie players.

The journalistic nickname was inspired by the millions of lights on theater marquees and billboard advertisements that illuminate the area.

Gardner would subsequently give her the nickname " Dafo ", for which she would become better known.

Portrait by Friedrich Engels. Johann Kaspar Schmidt ( October 25, 1806 – June 26, 1856 ), better known as Max Stirner ( the nom de plume he adopted from a schoolyard nickname he had acquired as a child because of his high brow, in German ' Stirn '), was a German philosopher, who ranks as one of the literary fathers of nihilism, existentialism, post-modernism and anarchism, especially of individualist anarchism.

He is better known under his nickname as the Iron Felix or abbreviation FD.

A number of Welsh poems addressed to Llywelyn by contemporary poets such as Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr, Dafydd Benfras and Llywarch ap Llywelyn ( better known under the nickname Prydydd y Moch ) have survived.

* Grayson Boucher ( born 1984 ) – a streetball player for the AND1 Mixtape Tour who is better known by his nickname " The Professor "

It is named after the Pamunkey princess Matoaka who was better known by her nickname " Pocahontas ".

The town is named for the Pamunkey chief's daughter Matoaka who was better known by her nickname " Pocahontas ".

Francesco Vianello ( 30 August 1952 – 3 May 2009 ), better known by his nickname Fravia, was a software reverse engineer and “ seeker ” known for his web archive of reverse engineering techniques and papers.

Her mother Máire ( better known by her nickname, Baba )( née Ní Dhúgáin or Duggan in English ) was a music teacher and her father Leo Brennan was a member of a cabaret band with whom she performed as a child.

* In Metal Gear Solid, former drill instructor and advisor to the game's protagonist Solid Snake McDonnell Benedict Miller, better known by his nickname Master Miller is murdered before the game main events and replaced by main antagonist Liquid Snake in disguise.

His career batting average in Mexico is a substantially better. 291, and he earned the nickname " Manos de Seda ," or " Silk Hands " for his fielding prowess.

His nickname " Sunshine " came from a short stint ( 1973 ) as a disc jockey for San Juan-based WBMJ-AM, Puerto Rico's first rock and roll station ( another WBMJ disc jockey at the time, Raymond Broussard, better known as Moonshadow, later became the co-host of El Vacilón de la Mañana, a very popular Spanish language morning radio talk show in New York City ).

Kimi Räikkönen replaced Häkkinen at McLaren-Mercedes in 2002, and has also been referred to as the Flying Finn, although he is better known by his other nickname, The Iceman ( Finnish: Jäämies ).

The Army Comrades Association ( ACA ), later named the National Guard and better known by the nickname The Blueshirts (), was an Irish extra-parliamentary security organisation active in the 1930s.

Melvin Ragin better known by the nickname Wah-wah Watson, was a member of the Motown Records studio band, The Funk Brothers, where he recorded with artists like The Temptations, The Jackson 5, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & The Pips, and The Supremes.

These included the famous Hughes H-4 Hercules, better known by the public's nickname for it, the " Spruce Goose ", the H-1 racer, D-2 and the XF-11.

Mario Morales became " El Quijote " ( was better known by his nickname than by his real name ), José Sosa " El Galgo " ( The Greyhound ), Angel " Cachorro " Santiago " El Orgullo del Caserio " ( The Pride of the Housing Projects ), Hector " El Mago " Blondet ( The Magician ), Rolando Frazier " El Principe " ( The Prince ), Mario Butler " El Expreso Panameño " ( The Panamanian Express ), Ruben Rodriguez " Sharp Shooter ", and Martín Ansa got the nickname " El Señor " from Morales.

He was sometimes known as " The Junk Man ," but better known as " Steady Eddie ," a nickname later given to Eddie Murray.

Charles Ellsworth Russell, much better known by his nickname Pee Wee Russell, ( 27 March 1906 – 15 February 1969 ) was a jazz musician.

Gravelly Hill Interchange, better known by its nickname Spaghetti Junction, is junction 6 of the M6 motorway where it meets the A38 ( M ) Aston Expressway in the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham, England.

Matoaka, better known by her nickname Pocahontas

Matoaka ( better known by her nickname " Pocahontas ," meaning " little wanton " or possibly " the naughty one " or " spoiled child "), was born about 1600 to the Native American chief Powhatan.

" Rio-Niterói " started as a descriptive nickname that soon became better known than the official name.

In 1999, The Independent newspaper journalist David Conn unexpectedly coined the nickname " The Grand Old Lady " for the stadium when he wrote " Another potential suitor has apparently thought better of Everton, walking away on Tuesday from the sagging Grand Old Lady of English football, leaving her still in desperate need of a makeover.