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A familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
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soubriquet
Word definitions for soubriquet in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I didn't believe what Rodriguez had said about the reason for that soubriquet .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of sobriquet English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim" [syn: nickname , moniker , cognomen , sobriquet ]
Usage examples of soubriquet.
They were well acquainted, these two, an acquaintance which had begun with the chess game incident which had given to the noted scientist the soubriquet by which he had since become known beyond the narrow pale of science.