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pseudonym Noun a fictitious name adopted, esp. by an author [Greek pseudēs false + onoma name] pseudonymity n pseudonymous adj pseudonym a nom de plume or fictitious name, especially one used by an author to conceal his identity. Cf. allonymy. — pseudonymous, adj. See also: Namesa nom de plume or fictitious name, especially one used by an author to conceal his identity. Cf. allonymy. — pseudonymous, adj. See also: Authors
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pseudonym noun false name, alias, incognito, stage name, pen name, assumed name, nom de guerre, nom de plume, professional name Translations n pseudonym [ˈsjuːdənim] a false name used by an author He wrote under a pseudonym. skuilnaam إسْم مُسْتَعار псевдоним pseudonym pseudonym das Pseudonym ψευδώνυμο seudónimo varjunimi نام مستعار salanimi pseudonyme שֵׁם בָּדוּי कृतक नाम (írói) álnév nama samaran höfundarnafn, dulnefni pseudonimo ペンネーム 가명 slapyvardis pseidonīms nama samaran schuilnaam pseudonym pseudonim pseudónimo pseudonim псевдоним pseudonym psevdonim pseudonim pseudonym นามปากกา takma ad 筆名 псевдоним قلمي نام، مصنف کا فرضي نام bút danh 笔名 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The hero's rogue servant, Chispa, seemed to me, then and long afterwards, so fine a bit of Spanish character that I chose his name for my first pseudonym when I began to write for the newspapers, and signed my legislative correspondence for a Cincinnati paper with it. But the nervousness that assailed him at the door of that inglorious haunt - a pawnshop - and the effort necessary to invent the pseudonym (which, somehow, seemed to him a necessary part of the procedure), had taken more time than he imagined: and when he returned to the billiard-room with the spoils, the bank had already closed its doors. "Your pseudonym," he remarked thoughtfully, "seems very familiar to me. |
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