sobriquets

variants also soubriquets
plural of sobriquet
as in nicknames
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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  • The first moon of the spring season has a multitude of other monikers across various indigenous groups.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
  • There’s a reason these classic monikers have been go-tos for decades.
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Sobriquets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sobriquets. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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