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Nom de plume

//ˌnɒm də ˈpluːm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A pen name or pseudonym.

    "When King's authorship of Thinner was concealed behind the nom de plume Richard Bachman, the novel sold relatively well."

  2. 2
    an author's pseudonym wordnet

Etymology

Coined in English from French nom (“name”) + de (“of”) + plume (“feather”), by analogy with the borrowed nom de guerre, itself from French nom de guerre.

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