sobriquet

• And if the wife of the Prince of Orange liked the vivacious Rubens better than the silent warrior (who won his sobriquet, they do say, through density of emotion and lack of ideas), why, who can blame her! —  Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters
• When in 2003 Donald Rumsfeld, the ousted former defence secretary, branded the post communist states east of the river Oder as "new Europe" or a sobriquet or a clever euphemism meaning a group of sycophants, he really put on a curse on them all. —  Ohmynews International
• One member of the club, who asked not to be named, said that the sobriquet was a way of —  British Blogs
• They knew, however, that "Dutch Lige"--such was his sobriquet-- could shoot "plum centre;" and notwithstanding his quiet demeanour, had proved himself "good stuff at the bottom;" and this shielded him from the ridicule he would otherwise have experienced at their hands Than Quackenboss, a more ardent student of botany I never saw. —  The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
• I suppose you will expect to be gazetted for it The youngster who had been dignified with the above sobriquet, and who made these replies, was certainly a most miserable-looking object, and looked as if a top-gallant breeze would have blown him to atoms. —  The King's Own

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