Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
sobriquet .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
sobriquet .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
sobriquet .
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- noun a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
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Examples
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I have not done so because elsewhere a soubriquet is always explicitly accounted for in the Commentary, and here nothing is said.
Psalms of the Sisters Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys 1909
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These nicknames of affection or derision, from the French slang soubriquet, “a chuck under the chin,” enlivened the political language of a previous era.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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These nicknames of affection or derision, from the French slang soubriquet, “a chuck under the chin,” enlivened the political language of a previous era.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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These nicknames of affection or derision, from the French slang soubriquet, “a chuck under the chin,” enlivened the political language of a previous era.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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These nicknames of affection or derision, from the French slang soubriquet, “a chuck under the chin,” enlivened the political language of a previous era.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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But, for the record, I prefer Michael Jackson's account, if for no other reason than he uses the word "soubriquet", which is pretty badass if you ask me.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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But, for the record, I prefer Michael Jackson's account, if for no other reason than he uses the word "soubriquet", which is pretty badass if you ask me.
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It is almost needless to add that this cane derives its 'soubriquet' of
Australian Search Party Charles Henry Eden 1858
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Sobriquet is the French form yet "soubriquet" has made the dictionary as a variant.
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So he may appreciate the paradox of his lightning ascent in his second calling – not to mention the mutterings of those press-box colleagues who have toiled diligently for years without recognition from their trade's association and remember the days when they called him Captain Grumpy, a soubriquet he did his best to live up to.
US hard courts will reveal if Andy Murray's lapses are part of a cycle | Kevin Mitchell 2011
gangerh commented on the word soubriquet
Like 'gangerh'.
February 11, 2008