Definition of Sobriquets. Meaning of Sobriquets. Synonyms of Sobriquets

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Definition of Sobriquets

Sobriquet
Sobriquet So`bri`quet" (s[-o]`br[-e]`k[asl]"), n.[F. sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.] An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written soubriquet.]

Meaning of Sobriquets from wikipedia

- term sobriquet is equally applicable as a name for a person, group of people, historical event, or place. Well-known places often have sobriquets, such...
- the memory of her religious ****cutions had led to the adoption of her sobriquet "Bloody Mary". John Knox attacked Mary in his First Blast of the Trumpet...
- A nickname, in some cir****stances also known as a sobriquet, or informally a "moniker", is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place...
- are found with three different sobriquets along with his name, Baḍu, Dvija and Dina as well as without any sobriquet also. It is not clear whether these...
- This partial list of city nicknames in India compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in India are known by (or have been known by) historically...
- Portuguese: [ɐˈfõsu]; 15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481), known by the sobriquet the African (Portuguese: o Africano), was King of Portugal from 1438 until...
- failure of – my failure in – my marriages." Named after his father's army sobriquet. Making It So, p. 4. "Mirfield's Sir Patrick at 70". BBC. 13 July 2010...
- calypsonians, for songs that they in turn sing. Calypsonians traditionally use sobriquets linked with the ideas they wish to convey or referencing childhood or...
- mullā-yi Rūm or ملای رومی mullā-yi Rūmī). Rumi is widely known by the sobriquet Mawlānā/Molānā (Persian: مولانا Persian pronunciation: [moulɒːnɒ]) in...
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