noun
sobriquet
Sobriquet (noun) means a nickname for a person or thing that describes something about them.
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A nickname for a person or thing that describes something about them.
"They turned out to be speedy machines and earned the sobriquet "Greyhounds", giving excellent performances on the Exeter run."
— David R. Webb, The Drummond 4-4-0 Locomotives (1951)
"“The Bard” is a sobriquet of English playwright William Shakespeare."
"So began the memorable paper-chase for an extremely nebulous shop-assistant and a foreigner whose description began and ended with the sobriquet 'Peter the Italian'."
— Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries (1927)
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Etymology
Borrowed from French sobriquet (“nickname”), which came from Middle French soubriquet (“a chuck under the chin”).
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What is the meaning of sobriquet?
"sobriquet" (noun) means a nickname for a person or thing that describes something about them.
What is another word for sobriquet?
Other words for "sobriquet" include byname, soubriquet, cognomen, moniker, nickname.
