sobriquet

[ soh-bruh-key, -ket, soh-bruh-key, -ket; French saw-bree-ke ]

/ ˈsoʊ brəˌkeɪ, -ˌkɛt, ˌsoʊ brəˈkeɪ, -ˈkɛt; French sɔ briˈkɛ /

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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.

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Also sou·bri·quet

[soo-bruh-key, -ket, soo-bruh-key, -ket] /ˈsu brəˌkeɪ, -ˌkɛt, ˌsu brəˈkeɪ, -ˈkɛt/ .

Origin of sobriquet

First recorded in 1640–50; origin uncertain; from French Middle French soubriquet “nickname, surname,” formerly also “a jest,” from Old French soubriquet, soubzbriquet “a gentle tap under the chin, a chuck under the chin”

OTHER WORDS FROM sobriquet

so·bri·quet·i·cal, adjective

Words nearby sobriquet

Sobieski, sobole, Sobor, Sobranje, sobriety, sobriquet, sob sister, sob story, sob stuff, Sobukwe , soc

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How to use sobriquet in a sentence

That, however, could easily be a sobriquet for Deception Pass Bridge.
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As the sigil of House Tyrell is a rose, the sobriquet is a play on her cunning and prickliness.
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When Obama dispenses with that dread sobriquet “professorial,” he does it by being, well, more professorial.
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The coolest dude I ever knew was a hustler in New York City that was known by the unusual sobriquet “Seldom Seen.”
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On the advice of his customer, the poet Parny, he had taken the name of Marius, a sobriquet which stuck to the establishment.
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Upon her return, she married a merchant ropemaker, whence her sobriquet—La Belle Cordire.
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And his popular sobriquet was Simon the Saver (Anglicè, miser).
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For a long time this gave me the sobriquet of "Old Chicken."
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Of course, Mr. Bulwer-Lytton lived too early to know him, or he wouldn't have conferred that sobriquet upon Warwick.
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British Dictionary definitions for sobriquet

sobriquet

soubriquet

/ (ˈsəʊbrɪˌkeɪ) /

noun

a humorous epithet, assumed name, or nickname

Word Origin for sobriquet

C17: from French soubriquet, of uncertain origin

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