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Definition of Sobrequet

||So`bri`quet" (s&osl;`br&esl;`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.]

||So`bri`quet" (s&osl;`br&esl;`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.]

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)


    Noun
  • a familiar name for a person (typically a shortened version of a person's given name).
         quotations:
         *"The sobriquet of Johnny Appleseed attached to him, though his real name was Chapman, in consequence of his being ever engaged in gathering and planting appleseed and cultivating nurseries of apple trees." —A. Banning Norton (1862)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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