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soubriquet

soubriquet is the alternative spelling of sobriquet.

Meaning of sobriquet

Noun

sobriquet (plural sobriquets)

  1. A familiar name for a person or thing; a nickname (sometimes assumed by the person, but often given by others) that is descriptive.
    • “The Bard” is a sobriquet of English playwright William Shakespeare.

Forms of soubriquet

pluralsoubriquets

Questions about soubriquet

What is soubriquet the alternative spelling of?
Soubriquet is the alternative spelling of sobriquet.

Words near soubriquet in the dictionary

  1. soubresaut
  2. soubresauts
  3. soubrette
  4. soubrettes
  5. soubrettish
  6. soubriquet
  7. soubriquets
  8. soucar
  9. soucars
  10. souce
  11. souced

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: soubriquet (page history and authors); sobriquet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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