Definition of pen name
: an author's pseudonym
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Examples of pen name in a Sentence
Samuel L. Clemens is better known by his pen name “Mark Twain.”
Recent Examples of pen name from the Web
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Based on the novel series by James S.A. Corey (the pen name for Abraham and Ty Franck), The Expanse is set two centuries in the future after humans have colonized the solar system.
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Yale class of ‘99—and the writer of eight romance novels, all published under the pen name Selena Montgomery.
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Drew Cloud’ was a pen name that represented a group of us writing these posts.
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There were only three other contributors, but Leitsch had given each of them several pen names, to make the outfit appear bigger.
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The set includes famous writers like Mary Ann Evans (better known by her pen name George Eliot), Charlotte Brontë, Christina Rossetti and Bell’s sister Virginia Woolf.
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Tyler is not the woman's real name, but her pen name.
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Kepler is the pen name of husband and wife Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril.
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Piper wrote under a pen name for the Advocate, the largest daily newspaper in Louisiana.
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First Known Use of pen name
circa 1864
PEN NAME Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of pen name for English Language Learners
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: a name used by a writer instead of the writer's real name
PEN NAME Defined for Kids
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Definition of pen name for Students
: a false name that an author uses on his or her work
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