Definition of Soubriquet. Meaning of Soubriquet. Synonyms of Soubriquet

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Definition of Soubriquet

soubriquet
Sobriquet So`bri`quet" (s[-o]`br[-e]`k[asl]"), n.[F. sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.] An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written soubriquet.]
Soubriquet
Soubriquet Sou`bri`quet", n. See Sobriquet.

Meaning of Soubriquet from wikipedia

- spelling is sobriquet. Two earlier variants are soubriquet and sotbriquet. The first variant, "soubriquet" dates from the 15th century and is rarely used...
- years 1999 and 2000 and many other awards. Robinson also earned tabloid soubriquet "Axeman of Albert Square" after sacking a large number of characters in...
- In 1966 Treacher and Merv Griffin recorded an album together under the soubriquet 'Alf & 'Alf entitled Songs of the British Music Hall. When in 1969 Griffin...
- (BN) and United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He was granted the soubriquet Father of Unity (Bapa Perpaduan). Hussein bin Onn was born on 12 February...
- but Claverhouse posthumously was made a Jacobite hero, acquiring the soubriquet "Bonnie Dundee". The Graham family was descended from King Robert III...
- Minister for Culture and The Arts. This performance earned Nørby the soubriquet "Spørge-Ellen" ("Questions Ellen") from the m****-market tabloid newspaper...
- founder of the famous Tysta Mari café in Stockholm. She was known by her soubriquet Tysta Mari ("Silent Marie"), which became the name for her famous café...
- visiting, by moonlight, the remote parts of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. The soubriquet Mondscheinsonate, which twenty years ago made connoisseurs cry out in...
- and journalist Christa Ritter, and by Gisela Getty in 1991. The press soubriquet "Harem", which the media-savvy members were content to adopt, was an obvious...
- became a household word; Punch added 'Professor Protoplasm' to his other soubriquets. The topic had been stimulated by Huxley seeing the cytoplasmic streaming...