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Definitions for: Sobriquet [n] a familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"
Webster (1913) Definition: So`bri`quet" (s[-o]`br[-e]`k[asl]"), n.[F.
sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the
chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf.
It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.]
An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a
nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written soubriquet.]
Synonyms: cognomen, moniker, nickname, soubriquet
See Also: appellation, appellative, denomination, designation
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