Associations to the word «Sobriquet»

Wiktionary

SOBRIQUET, noun. A familiar name for a person (typically a shortened version of a person’s given name).

Dictionary definition

SOBRIQUET, noun. 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".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke