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sobriquet

noun

ˈsō-bri-ˌkā

variants also soubriquet

Definition of sobriquet

as in nickname

a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual tagged her with the sobriquet "peanut" because of her diminutive size

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Recent Examples of sobriquet Enough to quickly merit a sobriquet calling her the richest Black girl in America. — Dan Kelly june 16, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026 This was the achievement that earned him the sobriquet the All-Crushing Kant, leaving no traditional dogma standing. — Adam Kirsch, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025 Maintaining Tight Control Those closest to Il Signor Armani – his sobriquet among employees and collaborators – have been groomed to follow his lead. — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 Theoretically, September would bring four new iPhones as usual but they would be called iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air (or some other sobriquet suggesting thinness), iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Ultra. — David Phelan, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sobriquet

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Noun

Few figures are as synonymous with Mexican football as Aguirre, now in his third stint coaching the national team after being in charge for the 2002 and 2010 World Cups, but this co-exists with his El Vasco nickname.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026
The law, passed in 2024, prohibits K-12 public schools from using any derogatory Native American term for athletic team mascots, names or nicknames.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of nickname

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Since construction at the Eagle Rock site — so nicknamed after a decrepit colonnade — first stalled in 2008, the only thing that accumulated faster than the garbage and graffiti were the epithets from outraged community members.

— Ryan Steven Green, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
The epithet is not a concession (the database of Trumpian apologies has yet to receive any inputs).

— Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

Definition of epithet

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