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1 pseudonym
['sju:dənim](a false name used by an author: He wrote under a pseudonym.) pseudonym -
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noun (a name used by a writer instead of his own name: Samuel Clemens used the pen-name of Mark Twain.) pseudonym
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pseudonym — ► NOUN ▪ a fictitious name, especially one used by an author. ORIGIN from Greek pseud s false + onoma name … English terms dictionary
pseudonym — noun VERB + PSEUDONYM ▪ adopt, use ▪ He used various pseudonyms. PREPOSITION ▪ under a/the pseudonym ▪ Eric Blair wrote … Collocations dictionary
pseudonym — noun (C) an invented name used by someone, especially a writer, instead of their real name: Charlotte Brontë wrote under the pseudonym of Currer Bell. pseudonymy noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pseudonym — noun /ˈs(j)uː.dəʊ.nɪm,ˈsu.də.nɪm,ˈsudoʊnɪm/ A fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars. The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote Alices Adventures in Wonderland under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll … Wiktionary
pseudonym — noun Geisel was best known by the pseudonym Dr. Seuss Syn: pen name, nom de plume, assumed name, false name, alias, professional name, sobriquet, stage name, nom de guerre … Thesaurus of popular words
pseudonym — noun Etymology: French pseudonyme, from Greek pseudōnymos bearing a false name, from pseud + onyma name more at name Date: 1833 a fictitious name; especially pen name … New Collegiate Dictionary
pseudonym — UK [ˈsjuːdənɪm] / US [ˈsud(ə)nɪm] noun [countable] Word forms pseudonym : singular pseudonym plural pseudonyms a name that someone uses that is not their real name, especially for writing a book … English dictionary
pseudonym — [19] Pseudonym comes via French pseudonyme from Greek pseudónumon, a compound formed from pseudés ‘false’ and ónoma ‘name’. Pseudés, a derivative of the verb pseúdein ‘lie’, has given English the prolific prefix pseudo , which in the mid 20th… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
pseudonym — [19] Pseudonym comes via French pseudonyme from Greek pseudónumon, a compound formed from pseudés ‘false’ and ónoma ‘name’. Pseudés, a derivative of the verb pseúdein ‘lie’, has given English the prolific prefix pseudo , which in the mid 20th… … Word origins
pseudonym — pseu|do|nym [ sudnım ] noun count a name that someone uses that is not their real name, especially for writing a book … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pseudonym — [ s(j)u:dənɪm] noun a fictitious name, especially one used by an author. Origin C19: from Fr. pseudonyme, from Gk pseudōnymos, from pseudēs false + onoma name … English new terms dictionary