At this time she was known to her comrades by the soubriquet of "Sans Gene.
She enrolled under the name of Hyacinthe, that of her brother, but her comrades soon gave her the soubriquet of Langevin, a name she never lost.
Scipio says that he is well-known in the village as "Bully Bill Larkin"--a soubriquet which may serve as a key to his character.
The most noted female gamesters were Lady Buckinghamshire, Lady Archer, Lady Mount Edgecombe, a trio who had earned for themselves the soubriquet of "Faro's Daughters.
John Price, who filled the office in 1718, and who rejoiced in the usual official soubriquet of "Jack Ketch," was a scoundrel rendered still more callous and cruel by his dreadful calling.
Jack Cottington began as a chimney-sweep, first as an apprentice, then on his own account, when he gained his soubriquet from his powers in drinking mulled sack.
He wore a doublet of crimson damask, and a short Angevin cloak, which gained for him the soubriquet of Courtmantle.
Rob Donn (rob doun), Brown or dun Robert; the soubriquet of the great Reay bard.
Soubriquet of Big Duncan of the Axe, being the diminutive of Suarach, insignificant; referring to his not having been thought worthy of being armed for the battle of Park.
Though he had never taken part in any maritime expedition, his encouragement and care for seamen gave him the soubriquet of "the Navigator," by which name he is known in history.
Joao Vaz Cortereal was the natural son of a gentleman named Vasco Annes da Costa, who had received the soubriquet of Cortereal from the King of Portugal, on account of the magnificence of his house and followers.
This soubriquet was probably earned by the large amount of "reforming" spirit which we have seen was thrown into the discussion of abstract questions by Roystonians of the time.
The Cambridge "Telegraph" was, at one time, driven by a type of man whose character found expression in the soubriquet of "Quaker Will.
A sailor's soubriquet for himself; he will ask if you "have anything for a fellow to do?
The familiar soubriquet of the carpenter on board ship.
He had the soubriquet of Doson, as though he were only a promiser, not a performer of his engagements.
A hundred years ago a writer who had made such subjects his own, came to the conclusion that the soubriquet Mother Damnable was synonymous with Mother Black-Cap whom he spoke of as of local fame.
The soubriquet which stole into existence--it dared not proclaim itself--is a self-explanatory historical lesson.
Among the latter was an especial one, of the true Skye breed, called "Pickle," from which soubriquet we may form a tolerable estimate of his qualities.
A celebrated character of this description bore the soubriquet of "Boaty," of whom I have already spoken.
And the etymological confusion, by virtue of which he acquired his soubriquet of the Great Hare, affords a curious parallel to what has often happened in Aryan and Semitic mythology, as we saw when discussing the subject of werewolves.
But the soubriquet fastened upon him both by resentful enemies and admiring friends recalls his fictitious counterpart--Wolf Larsen.
What may have been the meaning of the other element in his soubriquet is not so easy to say.
The next experiment was with Hooker, a valiant and able man, whose warlike qualities are suggested by his well-earned soubriquet of "fighting Joe Hooker.
This incident was the means of enlarging the soubriquet "Honest Abe" to "Honest Old Abe, the Rail-splitter.
Pig's Eye was the soubriquet of one Peter Parrant, a whisky-seller who squatted on the bottom in 1838, below Carver's Cave in the Dayton bluff.
For Jones had earned his soubriquetby always showing a particularly large white feather when there was any chance of a fray.
He obtained his soubriquet from the circumstance of constantly appearing in armour.
The latter had obtained the soubriquetof "the Great Rebel," from his earnest efforts to free his country.
A soubriquetderived from the short mantle he constantly wore.
This prince obtained the soubriquet of Muircheartach of the Leathern Cloaks.
Jack Cottington began as a chimney-sweep, first as an apprentice, then on his own account, when he gained his soubriquet from his powers of drinking mulled sack.
Among the men General Anderson had somehow got the soubriquet of "Tige" and General Benning enjoyed the equally respectful name of "Old Rock.
Hence the soubriquet of "buttermilk ranger" universally applied to the cavalry by the army.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "soubriquet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
