sobriquet
a nickname.
Origin of sobriquet
1- Also sou·bri·quet [soo-bruh-key, -ket, soo-bruh-key, -ket] /ˈsu brəˌkeɪ, -ˌkɛt, ˌsu brəˈkeɪ, -ˈkɛt/ .
Other words from sobriquet
- so·bri·quet·i·cal, adjective
Words Nearby sobriquet
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How to use sobriquet in a sentence
That, however, could easily be a sobriquet for Deception Pass Bridge.
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.”
When Obama dispenses with that dread sobriquet “professorial,” he does it by being, well, more professorial.
The coolest dude I ever knew was a hustler in New York City that was known by the unusual sobriquet “Seldom Seen.”
On the advice of his customer, the poet Parny, he had taken the name of Marius, a sobriquet which stuck to the establishment.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheUpon her return, she married a merchant ropemaker, whence her sobriquet—La Belle Cordire.
Women of Modern France | Hugo P. ThiemeAnd his popular sobriquet was Simon the Saver (Anglicè, miser).
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls | VariousFor a long time this gave me the sobriquet of "Old Chicken."
Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel | Frank G. AllenOf course, Mr. Bulwer-Lytton lived too early to know him, or he wouldn't have conferred that sobriquet upon Warwick.
Sixes and Sevens | O. Henry
British Dictionary definitions for sobriquet
soubriquet
/ (ˈsəʊbrɪˌkeɪ) /
a humorous epithet, assumed name, or nickname
Origin of sobriquet
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