variants
also soubriquets
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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monikers
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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 21 May. 2025.
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