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al⋅lo⋅nym

   [al-uh-nim]
–noun
1. the name of another person taken by an author as a pen name. Compare pseudonym.
2. a work published under a name that is not that of the author.
Origin:
1865–70; all- + -onym; cf. pseudonym
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al·lo·nym     (āl'ə-nĭm')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The name of a person, usually a historical person, assumed by a writer.


[French allonyme : Greek allos, other; see allo- + Greek onoma, name; see n-men- in Indo-European roots.]

al·lon'y·mous (ə-lŏn'ə-məs) adj., al·lon'y·mous·ly adv.
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Allonym

Al"lo*nym\, n. [F. allonyme, fr. Gr. ? other + ? name.]

1. The name of another person assumed by the author of a work.

2. A work published under the name of some one other than the author.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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