variants also soubriquet
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 The Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington’s Most Famous Hostess by Meryl Gordon Perle Mesta acquired many sobriquets during her long life. Robin Olson, airmail.news, 4 Jan. 2025 That reputation earned Bayer Leverkusen the unflattering sobriquet Bayer Neverkusen—which explains itself. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2024 The family’s sing-songy pronunciation makes the sobriquet sound almost Italian to my ears, somewhere in the range of Papa-tierri, a mondegreen that elicits no shortage of laughter among celebrants. Nico Lang, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024 They weren’t referred to by this sobriquet in our family. Sage Mehta, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sobriquet
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Noun
  • One person helped by the nonprofit is Doña Chela, an undocumented 66-year-old woman who asked to be identified by her nickname.
    Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
  • Young red mangroves trees, some with nicknames like Rosie, Penelope and Dingle, are being adopted and raised in backyard gardens, at restaurant host stands, beside bank teller windows and in school classrooms throughout Sanibel Island and the Fort Myers area.
    Christina Kelso, New York Times, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • The racist epithets — including a swastika and N***** spray-painted onto the concrete walls surrounding the park — were reported to the Miami Police on Monday afternoon in what the community and police are calling a hate crime.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
  • Barnyard epithets did not pepper the prepared speeches of most of Hegseth's predecessors.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The latter moniker was lifted from a Catholic high school that had been a local basketball powerhouse.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
  • True to his moniker, the singer and harmonica player, who performs at noon on June 15, serves up a potent mix of traditional blues and Bollywood music.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 12 June 2025

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“Sobriquet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sobriquet. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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