soubriquet meaning

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soubriquet (noun): a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name).

Definition of soubriquet

  1. 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

    Synonyms: nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, byname

    Type of: appellation

Scrabble score: 21 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SO · words ending in ET · 10-letter words

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