soubriquet

Historical Examples of soubriquet

• What may have been the meaning of the other element in his soubriquet is not so easy to say.

  Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood

  J. Conway Walter

• A sailor's soubriquet for himself; he will ask if you "have anything for a fellow to do?"

  The Sailor's Word-Book

  William Henry Smyth

• It was from this circumstance he had obtained the soubriquet of “wolf-killer.”

  The Hunters' Feast

  Mayne Reid

• At this time she was known to her comrades by the soubriquet of "Sans Gne."

  Female Warriors, Vol. II (of 2)

  Ellen C. Clayton

• He won his wager, but also the soubriquet of Le Diable enflamm.

  The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness

  Cecil B. Hartley