Noun: sobriquet 'sow-bri,key or 'soo-bri,key or ,sow-bri'key
- A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
"Joe's mother would not use his sobriquet and always called him Joseph";
- nickname, moniker, cognomen, soubriquet, byname, monicker
Derived forms: sobriquets
Type of: appellation, appellative, denomination, designation
Encyclopedia: Sobriquet