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1. An affectionate or humorous nickname.

2. An assumed name.

[French, from Old French soubriquet, chuck under the chin.]

sobriquet, soubriquet [ˈsəʊbrɪˌkeɪ]

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a humorous epithet, assumed name, or nickname

[from French soubriquet, of uncertain origin]

sobriquet, soubriquet

a nickname.

See also: Names

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Noun

sobriquet - a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"

byname, cognomen, moniker, nickname, soubriquet

appellation, appellative, designation, denomination - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

Translations

sobriquet [ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ] N → apodo m, mote m

sobriquet soubriquet [ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ] n → sobriquet m
sob story n → histoire f larmoyante
so-called [ˌsəʊˈkɔːld] adj

(pejorative) (= professed) → soi-disant inv

(= often called) → communément appelé(e)
the so-called "developed" countries → les pays communément appelés "développés"

sobriquet, soubriquet

n → Spitzname m

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appellation appellative Blue Hen State Byname cognomen denomination designation epithet exhortation moniker name names nickname soubriquet title	" "A sobriquet," observes the captain, "for which I can find no parallel in history since the days of 'Charles the Bald. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context Such had been Silas Deemer--such the fixity and invariety of his life and habit, that the village humorist (who had once attended college) was moved to bestow upon him the sobriquet of "Old Ibidem," and, in the first issue of the local newspaper after the death, to explain without offence that Silas had taken "a day off. Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context Usually he saw things long before others were aware that there was anything to see--a trait that had won for him the sobriquet of Hawk. The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context	sob story sob stuff soba sobbing sobbingly sobeit sober sober down sober up sober-headed sober-minded sobering Soberize soberly Soberness Sobers sobersided sobersides sobole Soboles Soboliferous sobralia Sobranje sobriety sobriety coach sobriquet Soc Soc and sac Soc. soca socage socager soccer soccer ball soccer game soccer mom soccer pitch soccer player soccerball Socceroos Soche Sochi sociability sociable Sociable bird Sociableness sociably social social accounting social action social activity	SOBQ SOBR SOBRA sobralia Sobraliinae Sobrang Ok Pare Sobranje SOBRAPE Sobre la par Sobre-Loja Sobrecalentamiento Sobrecomprado Sobreemision Sobresuscripcion Sobresuscripta Sobrevaluado Sobrevendido sobriety sobriety sobriety Sobriety checkpoints sobriety coach Sobriety Lost Its Priority Sobriety-Trained Officers Representing Mississippi Söbrigen Söbringen sobriquet Sobriquets Sobriquets Sobriquets sobs sobs sobs sobs SOBSI SOBT SOBTF SOBU Sobukwe, Robert Sobukwe, Robert SOBUS SOBW SOBWZ SOC SOC SOC Soc and sac SOC-M SOC-MI-DFE SOC-UM SOC-USA Soc. Soc.Culture.Asian.American Soc.Culture.Japan.Moderated soc.culture.new-zealand Soc.Culture.Thai Soc.history.war.vietnam

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" "A sobriquet," observes the captain, "for which I can find no parallel in history since the days of 'Charles the Bald.

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context

Such had been Silas Deemer--such the fixity and invariety of his life and habit, that the village humorist (who had once attended college) was moved to bestow upon him the sobriquet of "Old Ibidem," and, in the first issue of the local newspaper after the death, to explain without offence that Silas had taken "a day off.

Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

Usually he saw things long before others were aware that there was anything to see--a trait that had won for him the sobriquet of Hawk.

The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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