|  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
 • Syn:
 nickname, moniker, cognomen, soubriquet, byname
 • Derivationally related forms:
 nickname (for: nickname)
 • Hypernyms:
 appellation, denomination, designation, appellative
 
 
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