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pseudonym

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pseu·do·nym  (sdn-m)
n.
A fictitious name, especially a pen name.

[French pseudonyme, from Greek pseudnumon, neuter of pseudnumos, falsely named : pseuds, false; see pseudo- + onuma, name; see n-men- in Indo-European roots.]

pseudo·nymi·ty n.
pseu·dony·mous (s-dn-ms) adj.
pseu·dony·mous·ly adv.

pseudonym [ˈsjuːdəˌnɪm]
n
a fictitious name adopted, esp by an author
[via French from Greek pseudōnumon]
pseudonymity  n

pseudonym
a nom de plume or fictitious name, especially one used by an author to conceal his identity. Cf. allonymy. — pseudonymous, adj.
See also: Names
a nom de plume or fictitious name, especially one used by an author to conceal his identity. Cf. allonymy. — pseudonymous, adj.
See also: Authors
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pseudonym - a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"
stage name - the pseudonym of an actor
nom de plume, pen name - an author's pseudonym

pseudonym
noun false name, alias, incognito, stage name, pen name, assumed name, nom de guerre, nom de plume, professional name Both plays were published under the pseudonym of Philip Dayre.
Translations
pseudonym [ˈsjuːdənɪm] Nseudónimo m

pseudonym [ˈsjuːdənɪm] npseudonyme m
under a pseudonym → sous un pseudonyme

pseudonym
nPseudonym nt

pseudonym [ˈsjuːdəˌnɪm] npseudonimo
pseudonym [ˈsjuːdəˌnɪm] npseudonimo

pseudonym
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 pseudonyymi pseudonyme שֵׁם בָּדוּי कृतक नाम (írói) álnév nama samaran höfundarnafn, dulnefni pseudonimo ペンネーム 가명, 필명 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

pseudonym اسم مُستعار pseudonym pseudonym Pseudonym ψευδώνυμο pseudónimo salanimi pseudonyme pseudonim pseudonimo ペンネーム 가명 pseudoniem pseudonym pseudonim pseudónimo, pseudônimo псевдоним pseudonym นามแฝง takma ad tên giả 笔名


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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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