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nom de plume

[ nom duh ploom; French nawn duh plym ]

noun

, plural noms de plume [nomz d, uh, , ploom, naw, n, d, uh, , plym].


nom de plume

/ ˈnɒm də ˈpluːm /

noun

  1. another term for pen name


nom de plume

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of nom de plume1

First recorded in 1815–25; coined in English, from French words: literally, “pen name”

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Example Sentences

For one month in 2013, a British street artist known by the nom de plume of Banksy hypnotized the city of New York.

Mark Owen (the nom de plume for Matt Bissonnette) carefully recounts his life and career as a member of SEAL Team 6.

First, he incorporated his nom de plume in order to protect the copyright on his books and extend his royalties.

He did not consider the use of his own name; the 'nom de plume' was the fashion of the time.

He ought to have explained that he was the author, and not merely a nom de plume for another man to hide behind.

We are reminded of an incident which a popular writer, under the nom de plume introduced in a novel, bearing the title "We Two."

Then she added weakly: "But it often helps a book, doesn't it, to come out under—under a nom de plume?"

After twenty years of Paris, Madame Palffy still said nom de plume and caf noir.

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