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• n  a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

• In political circles Donald has earned the sobriquet of "Mr Ten Percent" owing to his penchant for demanding 10 percent bribe in all deals.
• Trevor uneasily wears the sobriquet of "mafia eradicator" as the revenge of the mafia can be swift and brutal.
• Caroline's constant refusal to be a party to the venture has earned her the sobriquet of 'Madam No'.

• nickname
• moniker
• cognomen
• soubriquet
• byname

News & Articles

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• Astoria, Ore., is called 'Little San Francisco' for a reason – several reasons, actually
  'Little San Francisco' on the Columbia River has made an amazing comeback from its fishing and lumber days. Astoria, Ore., is tucked near the mouth of the mighty Columbia River where Lewis and Clark came to a weary halt in view of the Pacific Ocean. Fortunes made from fishing and lumber mills lined the town's hilly streets with Victorian flights of fancy, thus the sobriquet "Little San Francisco ...
  June 29, 2013 - Los Angeles Times

Quotes

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• Karl Rove in The Brown Daily Herald
  ...George Bush - as well as pals Cheney, Rummy, Alberto Gonzales, Karl Rove, Scooter Libby and many others - have done, according to Taibbi, is morph the word Republican "into a poisonous sobriquet that no politician with bipartisan...