soubriquet

Noun soubriquet has 1 sense

• soubriquet(n = noun.communication) byname, cognomen, moniker, nickname, sobriquet - 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"
is a kind of appellation, appellative, denomination, designation