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pen name

NOUN

pretend name of author

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AKA alias allonym ananym anonym assumed name false name fictitious name nickname nom de guerre nom de plume professional name pseudonym

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Pen-name, pen′-nām, n. a name, other than his real one, by which an author is known to the public: a nom de plume.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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