Soubriquet

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Soubriquet \Sou`bri`quet"\, n.
     See {Sobriquet}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  soubriquet
       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}]