Sobriquet Definition

sōbrĭ-kā, -kĕt, sōbrĭ-kā, kĕt
noun
A nickname.
Webster's New World
An assumed name.
Webster's New World

A familiar name for a person (typically a shortened version of a person's given name).

"The Bard" is a sobriquet of English playwright William Shakespeare.
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Other Word Forms of Sobriquet

Noun

Singular:
sobriquet
Plural:
sobriquets

Origin of Sobriquet

  • From French sobriquet (“nickname"), from Middle French soubriquet (“a chuck under the chin").

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Old French soubriquet chuck under the chin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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