sobriquet
[soh-bruh-key, -ket, soh-bruh-key, -ket; French saw-bree-ke]
noun, plural so·bri·quets [soh-bruh-keyz, -kets, soh-bruh-keyz, -kets; French saw-bree-ke] /ˈsoʊ brəˌkeɪz, -ˌkɛts, ˌsoʊ brəˈkeɪz, -ˈkɛts; French sɔ briˈkɛ/.
a nickname.
RELATED WORDS
Also soubriquet.
Origin of sobriquet
1640–50; < French < ?
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Contemporary Examples of sobriquet
As the sigil of House Tyrell is a rose, the sobriquet is a play on her cunning and prickliness.
It would earn for its creator the sobriquet of “Tricky Dick.”
Historical Examples of sobriquet
The sobriquet had hitherto been a mere shadow, a meaningless thing, to me.
The First ViolinJessie Fothergill
The first glance at him reveals the origin of his sobriquet.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)William Delisle Hay
Working his will whithersoever he fancies, unseen, unknown but for his sobriquet.
The Night RidersRidgwell Cullum
Hearing his sobriquet, a look of hope gleamed suddenly in his eye.
Bardelys the MagnificentRafael Sabatini
It was in this period that he received the sobriquet "Buffalo Bill."
Buffalo Bill's Spy TrailerColonel Prentiss Ingraham
sobriquet
soubriquet
noun
Word Origin for sobriquet
C17: from French soubriquet, of uncertain origin
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