Sobriquet

Word SOBRIQUET
Character 9
Hyphenation ‖So bri quet
Pronunciations /ˈsəʊ.bɹɪ.keɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Sobriquet"

What do we mean by sobriquet?

An affectionate or humorous nickname. noun

An assumed name. noun

A nickname; a fanciful appellation. noun

An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. noun

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

A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) noun

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

A noun for someones name. i.e. Nicknames. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sobriquet

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The word "sobriquet" in example sentences

We all know that the sobriquet is obsolete, but did one expect the Senate Majority Leader ever to say, in effect, that Senators are a collection of potted plants whose participation is unimportant to dealing with an “unprecedented financial crisis”? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Whereas my other contact has focused on the Shan tribes near the Chinese border, the Father of the White Monkey — the sobriquet comes from the nickname he has given his daughter, who often travels with him — works mostly with the Karen and other tribes in eastern Burma abutting Thailand, though the networks he operates have ranged as far as the Indian border. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It was Fuentes who coined the sobriquet "My Queen," Avila Beltrán told authorities after her arrest; the Mexican cop used his proceeds from the drug trade to send his wife on clothing and jewelry shopping sprees in Paris and the United States and to buy her seafront condominiums in Puerto Vallarta and other Pacific Coast resort towns. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A sobriquet is a descriptive appellation, like Governor Jesse [the Body] Ventura, which geezers will fondly recall followed, by two generations, Marie [the Body] McDonald. ❋ William Safire (2003)

In a country where the sobriquet is usually the only name by which it is courteous or safe to address a man, and where it is invariably apt, few men are accorded two. ❋ Unknown (1898)

One member of the club, who asked not to be named, said that the sobriquet was a way of ❋ Unknown (2009)

I think that's truly a french-canadian name...and it derives from a french "sobriquet". ❋ Unknown (2005)

The eldest of the Amhas-draoi—a man who’d introduced himself with the one-word sobriquet Garrick—barely flickered an eyelid. ❋ Alix Rickloff (2011)

By his story of the Frog he scaled the heights of popularity at a single jump and won for himself the 'sobriquet' of ❋ Albert Bigelow Paine (1899)

By his story of the Frog he scaled the heights of popularity at a single jump and won for himself the 'sobriquet' of The ❋ Albert Bigelow Paine (1899)

H.M. Turner, christened by his brethren with the "sobriquet" "Plutarch," is a remarkable man; and though at times the paraphernalia of the kitchen seems to be in the parlor, and visa versa, there is always enough of him, to demand the respect of the most learned and the admiration of the mass. ❋ Benjamin Tucker (1867)

Just as this boy says "sobriquet," without knowing at all what the word means, merely because he has read it in another newspaper, everybody, in this vein, gets entrapped into using words with the wrong senses, in the wrong places, and making himself ridiculous. ❋ Edward Everett Hale (1865)

Masker, "a sobriquet which is preserved throughout his confutation. ❋ Various (N/A)

Wow, [sobriquet] is an [interesting] word, but it would make for such a [shitty band] name! ❋ Bigwigga (2010)

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