sobriquet

Her sobriquet is a journalistic creation thought to have been inspired by a celebrated 1946 movie, “The Blue Dahlia,” written by crime novelist Raymond Chandler.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

It would also earn him an uneasy sobriquet: “the Black Edison.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

And though Slater earned the sobriquet “Slater the Traitor” back home, he never returned to Britain to face the consequences.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

While extolled by supporters as Venezuela’s “dama de hierro” — the iron lady, a sobriquet bestowed decades ago on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — Machado is a controversial figure, even within the Venezuelan opposition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2025

In fact, even in their absence they could not be spoken of too harshly unless we used the sobriquet “They.”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

Both sobriquets stem from Ludwig’s penchant for building gargantuan displays of excess at a clip that placed him in massive debt.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025

Here I could follow the example of Jeff Loveness’ script and spend half this review writing suggestively around the bad guy’s identity, using ominous sub-Voldemort sobriquets like “He” and “Him.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2023

Galella amassed millions of images in a career that began in the 1960s, earning sobriquets like the “paparazzo extraordinaire” for his up-close, candid shots of the rich and famous.

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2022

Even in the sport of superheavy weight lifting, where superlatives are not taken lightly, Zhabotinsky’s sobriquets — Big Zhabo and the Strongest Man of the World — seemed like understatements.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2016

"Sockless Jerry," "Sockless Simpson," and then "Sockless Socrates" were sobriquets then and thereafter applied to the stalwart Populist.

From The Agrarian Crusade; a chronicle of the farmer in politics by Solon J. (Solon Justus) Buck