Definitions of sobriquet in English
noun
(1) A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name
(2) A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
(3) Nickname
Examples of sobriquet in English
(1) She was a vast and haughty person who answered to the sobriquet u2018Duchesseu2019
(2) Frank, as his sobriquet implies, is a giant of a man.
(3) He laughs when asked about his new sobriquet of Britain's richest man.
(4) Early on Sunday morning last, a person who lives at Brampton, near Appleby and who we only know by the sobriquet of u2018Cock Robinu2019, narrowly escaped being drowned.
(5) His on-field partnership with fellow Galway great Frank Stockwell saw the pair earn the sobriquet of the u2018Terrible Twinsu2019 - a name borne of their almost telepathic understanding.
(6) John Mullan discusses Charles Edward Stuart's sobriquets , but we should remember that most of his followers in 1745 were Gaelic-speakers.
synonyms of sobriquet
nickname
moniker
cognomen
soubriquet
byname
