nom de guerre

[ nom duh-gair; French nawnduh-ger ]
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noun,plural noms de guerre [nomz duh-gair; French nawnduh-ger]. /ˌnɒmz də ˈgɛər; French nɔ̃ də ˈgɛr/.
  1. an assumed name, as one under which a person fights, paints, writes, etc.; pseudonym.

Origin of nom de guerre

1
<French: literally, war name

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How to use nom de guerre in a sentence

  • It was thought and said that she was intellectual; it was suspected of her that she wrote under a nom de guerre.

  • The work was exploded, and he wrote an abusive treatise under the nom de guerre of Benedetto Aletino.

  • The irony of the King's choice of a nom de guerre seems to have escaped the historian.

  • Lynch succeeded a worthy named Hearne—a nom de guerre, his enemies averred, for the less euphonious one of Herring.

    Bits of Blarney | R. Shelton Mackenzie
  • Amid roars of laughter (for this was at a public meeting in Dublin), O'Connell proceeded to justify the nom de guerre.

    Bits of Blarney | R. Shelton Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for nom de guerre

nom de guerre

/ (ˈnɒm də ˈɡɛə) /


nounplural noms de guerre (ˈnɒm də ˈɡɛə)
  1. an assumed name; pseudonym

Origin of nom de guerre

1
French, literally: war name

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