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Meanings of sobriquet in English

Portuguese
apelido
Catalan
sobrenom
Spanish
apodo
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An informal, often humorous name; a name that is either connected to the real name, the personality, the appearance or an anecdote.

      apelido
      Usage of sobriquet in English
      1
      How well the sobriquet was merited will be seen in the sequel.
      The Deerslayer
      2
      Hearing his sobriquet, a look of hope gleamed suddenly in his eye.
      Bardelys the Magnificent / Being an account of the strange wooin...
      3
      It was how he got the sobriquet of Saint Alex of Conklin.
      The bourne ultimatum
      4
      He had fled, discharging at them a sobriquet, like a Parthian dart.
      Les Misérables
      5
      His cronies have very appropriately given him the sobriquet of 'Whiskey Jemmie.'
      From Wealth to Poverty; Or, the Tricks of the Traffic. A Story o...
      6
      In Ruiz' case the sobriquet was bestowed for reasons utterly devoid of irony.
      The Irish Times
      7
      In the University of Virginia, a sobriquet applied to dandies and vain pretenders.
      A Collection of College Words and Customs
      8
      He deserves the sobriquet of the Henri Estienne of Hebrew letters.
      Rashi
      9
      I assume nothing, but I think the sobriquet speaks for itself.
      A kiss of shadows
      10
      From that day until the end, the sobriquet clung to him.
      Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools / Edited With Not...
      11
      At the University of Cambridge, Eng., the sobriquet of a fellow-commoner.
      A Collection of College Words and Customs
      12
      It is not for nothing that the king of instruments won its sobriquet.
      The Irish Times
      13
      Harrigan acquired this sobriquet on account of his ear for music.
      The North Pole / Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the...
      14
      The sobriquet stuck, though the Genius himself chalks it all up to luck.
      The new yorker
      15
      Known in Paris, I have heard, by the sobriquet of the Black Death?'
      Under the Red Robe
      16
      It is a sobriquet among the Council for willing food.
      Blue Moon
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      sobrenom
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