Antonyms for sobriquet

Grammar : Noun

Spell : soh-bruh-key, -ket, soh-bruh-key, -ket; French saw-bree-ke

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsoʊ brəˌkeɪ, -ˌkɛt, ˌsoʊ brəˈkeɪ, -ˈkɛt; French sɔ briˈkɛ

name

Definition of sobriquet

Origin : 1640s, from French sobriquet "nickname," from Middle French soubriquet (15c.), which also meant "a jest, quip," and is said to have meant literally "a chuck under the chin" [Gamillscheg]; of unknown origin (first element perhaps from Latin sub "under").

noun nickname

Example sentences :

The sobriquet had hitherto been a mere shadow, a meaningless thing, to me.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

The first glance at him reveals the origin of his sobriquet.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

Working his will whithersoever he fancies, unseen, unknown but for his sobriquet.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Hearing his sobriquet, a look of hope gleamed suddenly in his eye.
Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini

It was in this period that he received the sobriquet "Buffalo Bill."
Extract from : « Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer » by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham

Hard Boiled Bland for the moment failed to merit his sobriquet.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various

They gave her the sobriquet of the Titian Girl at Rome whenever she appeared abroad.
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

Somehow the sobriquet had clung to him even after his return to the Panhandle.
Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine

Also, a sobriquet for the white patch on a midshipman's collar.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

A sobriquet for a lieutenant, in allusion to his former uniform.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

Synonyms for sobriquet

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