sobriquet

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++so·bri·quet /ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ $ ˈsoʊ-/ (also soubriquet /ˈsuː-/) noun [countable] formal  ALNAME OF A PERSONan unofficial title or name 绰号，诨名 SYN nickname

Examples from the Corpus

sobriquet• His youngest son was known to Regency society by the sobriquet Poodle Byng.• Fortunately some of the neighbours intervened, and it was they who invented the sobriquet.• I became friendly with the woman in charge, a vast and haughty person who answered to the sobriquet Duchesse.• This sobriquet is a product of the sixteenth century.Origin sobriquet (1600-1700) French “light blow under the chin, nickname”

so·bri·quet nounChineseSyllable  

name title or an Corpus unofficial

sobriquet
so‧bri‧quet /ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ $ ˈsoʊ-/ (also sou‧bri‧quet /ˈsuː-/) noun [countable] formalan unofficial title or name
   SYN  nickname
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ first name (also given name especially American English formal) the name chosen for you by your parents: People usually call each other by their first name. | Please write your given name and your date of birth.
   ▪ Christian name old-fashioned first name: His Christian name was Joseph.
   ▪ last name/family name/surname the name that you share with your family or husband. Most English speakers would say last name. Surname sounds slightly formal: Can I have your last name? | Johnson is a common English family name. | At school they used to call each other by their surnames.
   ▪ middle name the name between your first and last names: Harry Potter’s middle name is James.
   ▪ full name your first name, middle name, and last name: I need your full name and address.
   ▪ maiden name a woman’s family name before she married and began using her husband’s name: My mother’s maiden name was Higgins.
   ▪ married name a woman’s family name after she gets married, if she uses her husband’s name: I don’t know what her married name is.
   ▪ nickname a name that people call you because of your appearance, personality etc, which is not your real name: At school he was given the nickname ‘Shorty’.
   ▪ stage name the name that an actor uses which is not their real name: She began acting in her childhood under the stage name Marjorie Moore.
   ▪ pen name (also pseudonym formal) a name that a writer uses which is not their real name: Mark Twain was his pen name. His real name was Samuel Clemens. | She wrote under the pseudonym of George Eliot.
   ▪ under an assumed name using a false name in order to hide your real name: He had rented the car under an assumed name.
   ▪ alias /ˈeɪliəs/ a false name, especially one used by a criminal: He uses a number of aliases.
   ▪ appellation formal a name which describes something – a very formal use: This fine city justifies its appellation ‘the Pearl of the Orient’.
   ▪ sobriquet formal a nickname – a very formal use: Jackson gained the sobriquet ‘Stonewall’ at the Battle of Bull Run.

so·bri·quetBrE /ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsoʊbrɪkeɪ/ 🔊 (also sou·bri·quet) noun (formal) an informal name or title that you give sb/sth 绰号；外号 SYN nickname