sobriquet
sobriquet
Definition
so·bri·quet (sō′brə kā′, -ket′; sō′brə kā′, -ket′)
noun
- a nickname
- an assumed name
Etymology: Fr < MFr soubriquet, chuck under the chin < ?
sobriquet
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- earn: Former chairman Clive Thompson earned the sobriquet Mr 20 % for the regularity with which the company met this earnings target during the nineties.
- give: His name was Alexander and he was soon to be given the sobriquet of " the Great " .
- gain: The North facade of Boughton House has led to it gaining the sobriquet of ' The English Versailles ' .
Browse dictionary entries near sobriquet
- sobriety
- SoBigF Worm
- Sobieski
- sobersides
- soberly
- sober-minded
- sober
- sobeit
- soba (noodles)
- soba
- soc
- soca
- socage
- soccer
- soccer mom
- Soche
- Sochi
- sociability
- sociable
- social
