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 |
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
- 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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