Soubriquet
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noun.
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
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the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Alternative spelling of
sobriquet
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WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
Word Usage
"I have not done so because elsewhere a soubriquet is always explicitly accounted for in the Commentary, and here nothing is said."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
appellation
appellative
denomination
designation
variant
sobriquet