as in pseudonym
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a name used by a writer instead of the writer's real name
He wrote under a nom de plume.
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Recent Examples of nom de plume
Full of energy, B.C. assumed a nom de plume and, at the same time, obtained a job with another publication, also as a business writer.
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Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Published under the nom de plume Jonathan Gash, Lovejoy is a set of 24 books from Dr John Grant.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2026
Eduard Limonov then—an appropriate nom de plume for a dissident poet arriving in 1974 New York, a metropolis of graffiti and project fires, of blackouts and serial killers.
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Ed Simon
june 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
Ludwig is the nom de plume of John Taylor, played by David Mitchell.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Published under the nom de plume Jonathan Gash, Lovejoy is a set of 24 books from Dr John Grant.
—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2026
Eduard Limonov then—an appropriate nom de plume for a dissident poet arriving in 1974 New York, a metropolis of graffiti and project fires, of blackouts and serial killers.
—
Ed Simon
june 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
Ludwig is the nom de plume of John Taylor, played by David Mitchell.
—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nom de plume
Noun
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The Warrior Cats books, which are written by a team under the pseudonym Erin Hunter, have sold more than 90 million copies and been translated into 38 languages.
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Robert Kuzovkov, known by the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, was shot and killed at close range Monday near his home in the eastern Polish city of Biala Podlaska, a city near the border with Belarus.
Noun
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Writers who used to hide their masculinist impulses behind a pen name now write and say outrageous things under their real name.
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Concerned about the influx of solar and wind farms being built in Sardinia by outsiders, Roberto Pusceddu, under his pen name Erre Push, published a graphic novel that aimed to inspire young people to resist such impositions.
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