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Word: Sobriquet
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: French, originally in the sense ‘tap under the chin’, of unknown origin
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person's nickname
Short Definition:person's nickname
Examples:- she was a vast and haughty person who answered to the sobriquet ‘Duchesse’
Variant Forms:
- soubriquet
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