soubriquet

noun

sou·bri·quet ˈsō-bri-ˌkā

-ˌket,

ˈsü-;

ˌsō-bri-ˈkā,

-ˈket

ˌsü-

less common variant of sobriquet

: a descriptive name or epithet : nickname

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