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nom de plume

noun
🔊/ˌnɒm də ˈpluːm/
🔊/ˌnɑːm də ˈpluːm/
(plural noms de plume
🔊/ˌnɒm də ˈpluːm/
🔊/ˌnɑːm də ˈpluːm/
)
(from French)
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  1. a name used by a writer instead of their real name笔名 synonym pen name, pseudonym
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: formed in English from French words, to render the sense ‘pen-name’, on the pattern of nom de guerre.