sobriquet

noun

1. A familiar name for a person or thing; a nickname (sometimes assumed by the person, but often given by others) that is descriptive.

   ““The Bard” is a sobriquet of English playwright William Shakespeare.”

   “So began the memorable paper-chase for an extremely nebulous shop-assistant and a foreigner whose description began and ended with the sobriquet 'Peter the Italian'.”

   “They turned out to be speedy machines and earned the sobriquet "Greyhounds", giving excellent performances on the Exeter run.”

   “The sobriquet of Johnny Appleseed attached to him, though his real name was Chapman, in consequence of his being ever engaged in gathering and planting appleseed and cultivating nurseries of apple trees.”

   “Tight quickly became a Jumeirah Jane—a sobriquet used as a caricature for non-working foreign women who live in Jumeirah, a posh part of the city, and spent their time driving kids to and from schools, shopping or meeting one another for lunch.”