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sobriquet
noun
[ ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ ]
• a person's nickname.
• "she was a vast and haughty person who answered to the sobriquet ‘Duchesse’"
Origin:
mid 17th century: French, originally in the sense ‘tap under the chin’, of unknown origin.