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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If Thompson had been an unconventional candidate for sheriff, Oscar Acosta, with the nom de plume ‘the Brown Buffalo,’ was even more so.
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Rory Feehan, SPIN, 9 Nov. 2023
Graffiti artist Cyril Phan, known by the nom de plume Cyril Kongo, or just his street name, Kongo, has become an international star, famed for combining vivid colors, lettering and subjects ranging from fireworks to flowers in exuberant paintings and murals.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2022
Beirut, the nom de plume of indie-folk singer-songwriter Zach Condon, travels to remote Norway and returns with Hadsel, his first new album in four years.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
Polly Jean Harvey has reactivated her nom de plume PJ Harvey for her first new album in seven years, I Inside the Old Year Dying.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 26 Apr. 2023
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“Nom de plume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nom%20de%20plume. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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