Complete Definition of "sobriquet"

English

Alternative spellings
soubriquet

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ|-eɪ

Noun
en-noun

  1. a familiar name for a person (typically a shortened version of a person�s given name).

Quotations
"The sobriquet of Johnny Appleseed attached to him, though his real name was Chapman, in consequence of his being ever engaged in gathering and planting appleseed and cultivating nurseries of apple trees." —A. Banning Norton (1862)

Translations
Spanish: sobrenombre m

See also
cognomen

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