- a variation of sobriquet.
soubriquet
Americannoun
noun
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Nationally famous, he took on a Superhero soubriquet.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2021
But how does RBG feel about her cult status with its “notorious” soubriquet?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2018
But it was the penultimate set that produced the peak, a set of tennis so good that it deserves its own soubriquet - the Fabulous Fourth - as the stand-out classic in a stand-out match.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2014
One note said: "The greatest British leader" while another said to "The Iron Lady", a soubriquet bestowed by a Soviet army newspaper in the 1970s and which Thatcher loved.
From Reuters ● Apr. 9, 2013
I at first thought it applied as a mere "soubriquet," till subsequently assured that he was really on the bench.
From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Jonathon Holt Ingraham
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