- a variation of sobriquet.
soubriquet
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Nationally famous, he took on a Superhero soubriquet.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2021
The origin of the soubriquet Slipper is lost in the mists of time.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2017
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
“One o’clock, mum,” said Mr James Chawner, cordwainer, and member of the society of Campanological Brothers, commonly known by the soubriquet of Beaky Jem, tenor in St Runwald’s peal.
From A Little World by George Manville Fenn
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