pen names

noun

plural of pen name
as in noms de plume

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  1. pseudonyms
  2. noms de guerre
Noun
  • Many of the women used pseudonyms to deliver their testimony in court and for identification in court documents.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The use of pseudonyms by female writers born in the nineteenth century is typically understood as a feminist loophole around the patriarchal suppression of women’s writing.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of pseudonyms
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  • Unlike the neo-Leninist underground, moreover, dissidents had no desire to revive Bolshevik revolutionary traditions, with their ideological discipline, armed conspiracy, and noms de guerre.
    — Benjamin Nathans September 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Definition of noms de guerre
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