sobriquet

so·bri·quet

noun

The definition of a sobriquet is an affectionate nickname.

An example of a sobriquet is a grandfather calling his grandson "pumpkin."

Origin of sobriquet

French from Middle French soubriquet, chuck under the chin from uncertain or unknown; perhaps

also sou·bri·quet

noun

Origin of sobriquet

French from Old French soubriquet chuck under the chin

Noun

(plural sobriquets)

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.

Origin

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

Him the sobriquet of "Soapy Sam."
He earnestly supported what he felt to be true freedom, especially in matters of religious worship, though the energetic appeal on behalf of church bells in his Rapport sur la liberte des cultes procured him the sobriquet of Jordan-Cloche.
He was so handsome in person as to have earned the sobriquet of "the beauty of holiness."
Its somewhat gloomy aspect, enhanced by the tortuous narrow lanes flanked by gabled houses of the 15th century, has gained for it among countryfolk the sobriquet of the "Witches' nest" (Hexen-Nest).
His troops had captured Messina after a bombardment which earned him the sobriquet of King Bomba; Catania and Syracuse fell soon after, hideous atrocities being everywhere committed with his sanction.

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