sb. [a. older F. soubriquet.] = SOBRIQUET.
1818. Lady Morgan, Autobiog. (1859), 95. That soubriquet was given me long after by Mirabeau.
1835. T. Mitchell, Acharn. of Aristoph., 121, note. The soubriquet of gapers appears to have been attached to the citizens of Athens.
1867. Trollope, Chron. Barset, II. xlix. 57. Her name was Susan, but he had always called her Posy, having himself invented for her that soubriquet.
Hence Soubriquet v. trans., to nickname.
1880. Gordon, Bk. Chron. Keith, 110. James Henry, soubriqueted the Grammarian from his pedantry.
