Definizione monolingua

sobriquet

sobriquet (plural sobriquets)

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

   ""The Bard"" is a sobriquet of English playwright William Shakespeare.

   • 1862, A. Banning Norton

     The sobriquet of Johnny Appleseed attached to him, though his real name was Chapman, in consequence of his being ever engaged in gathering and planting appleseed and cultivating nurseries of apple trees.

Definizione dizionario sobriquet

nomignolo

soprannome

	epiteto
	Aggettivo, sostantivo o locuzione che accompagna e qualifica un nome.

Altri significati:

An informal, often humorous name; a name that is either connected to the real name, the personality, the appearance or an anecdote

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

familiar name for a person