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nom de plume

  [nom duh ploom; Fr. nawn duh plym]
–noun, plural noms de plume  [nomz duh ploom; Fr. nawn duh plym] .
pen name.
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Origin:
1815–25; coined in E < F words: lit., pen name
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nom de plume   (nŏm' də plōōm')   
n.   pl. noms de plume (nŏm')
See pen name.

[French : nom, name + de, of + plume, pen.]
pen name also pen·name   (pěn'nām')
n.  A pseudonym used by a writer. Also called nom de plume.
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Main Entry:  nom de plume
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a pen name
Etymology:  French
Usage:  pl noms de plume
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Cultural Dictionary

nom de plume [(nom di ploohm)]

French for “pen name”; an invented name under which an author writes. Mark Twain was the nom de plume of Samuel L. Clemens.

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