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soubriquet
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Noun soubriquet has 1 sense
- soubriquet(n = noun.communication) byname, cognomen, moniker, nickname, sobriquet - a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim" is a kind of appellation, appellative, denomination, designation
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