Allonym

//ˈal.əˌnɪm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pseudonym, (particularly) another person's name used as a pseudonym by the author of a work.
  2. 2
    An allonymous work: a book published under the name of a person other than its true author. uncommon

Etymology

From allo- (“other, different”) + -onym (“name”), probably via French allonyme. Compare German allonym, Allonym. First attested in 1725.

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