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‖ soubriquet, n.
(ˈsuːbrɪkeɪ, ‖ subrikɛ)
[a. older F. soubriquet.]
= sobriquet.
1818Lady Morgan Autobiog. (1859) 95 That soubriquet was given me long after by Mirabeau. 1835T. Mitchell Acharn. of Aristoph. 121 note, The soubriquet of gapers appears to have been attached to the citizens of Athens. 1867Trollope Chron. Barset II. xlix. 57 Her name was Susan, but he had always called her Posy, having himself invented for her that soubriquet.
Hence ˈsoubriquet v. trans., to nickname.
1880Gordon Bk. Chron. Keith 110 James Henry, soubriqueted the Grammarian from his pedantry. |