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sobriquet |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sobriquet \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}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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" [syn: {nickname}, {moniker}, {cognomen}, {soubriquet}]
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