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Definition: Pen Name |
Pen NameNoun1. An author's pseudonym. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Pen Name sometimes written nomde-plume. A fictitious name assumed by an author who does not wish to reveal his real name. (See Nom De Guerre .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Nom de plume is an English-language expression, a translation of pen name. The French term is nom de guerre, or "war name". Allonym is another synonym for pseudonym.
Some authors take on pen names to conceal their identity: for example the Brontes, who felt they would either not be published at all, or not taken seriously as women authors. Others to segregate different types of work: Lewis Carroll because as Charles Lutwidge Dodgson he wrote mathematics papers; Agatha Christie wrote romantic novels as Mary Westmacott. Pseudonyms are not always secret: Stendahl's real name was known: at least one critic disparaged his pen name as an affectation.
Pen names of famous authors include:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pen name."
Synonym: Pen NameSynonym: nom de plume (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pen Name |
| English words defined with "pen name": Carroll, Charles Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ♦ Dodgson ♦ felt tip, felt-tip pen, felt-tipped pen ♦ Lewis Carroll ♦ Magic Marker ♦ Nom de plume ♦ O. Henry ♦ porter, pseudonymous ♦ Reverend Dodgson ♦ William Sydney Porter. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pen name": crippleware ♦ DATA BASE DESIGN ANALYST ♦ Max O'Rell. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "pen name": Penguin. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Figure 60. Joe Soundings sounder. This device was described in nautical magazine in 1832 by an individual with the pen name "Joe Soundings." It used a counter incremented by a propeller to measure the distance to the bottom. It is similar to the Massey sounder and Massey is sometimes cited as the inventor. There is no information concerning testing or use of this instrument.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| Language | Translations for "pen name"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pseudonim i shkrimtarit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | литературен псевдоним. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 筆名 (pseudonym). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pseudonym (pseudonym). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kirjailijanimi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | pseudonym (alias, nom de plume, pen-name, pseudonym, pseudonymous), schriftstellername (nom de plume). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ψευδώνυμο (alias, alias-name, assumed, nom de plume, penname, pen-name, pseudonym). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פסב"ו ים (pseudonym), כ וי ספרותי (nom de plume, pseudonym). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mûvésznév (nom de plume), álnév (alias, anonym, assumed name, feigned name, incognito, nom de plume, pseudonym, sobriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pseudonimo (alias, nom de plume, pen-name, pseudonym). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 雅号 (alias, nom de plume, pseudonym), 異称 (alias, nom de plume, pseudonym), 筆名 (alias, nom de plume, pseudonym), 書名 , 作り名 (alias, nom de plume, pseudonym), 仮名 (alias, Japanese syllabary, kana, nom de plume, pseudonym), 別称 (alias, nom de plume, pseudonym), 別名 (alias, nom de plume, pseudonym). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | が"う (alias, nom de plume, pseudonym), しょめい (signature), ひつめい (alias, nom de plume, pseudonym), べつめい (alias, another or separate order, nom de plume, pseudonym), べつみょう (alias, nom de plume, pseudonym), べっしょう (alias, derogatory term, disparaging words, nom de plume, pseudonym), つくりな (alias, nom de plume, pseudonym), かりな (alias, borrowed name, nom de plume, pseudonym), かめい (affiliation, alias, command, family honour, family name, house name, nom de plume, order, participation, pseudonym, undermentioned, undersigned), いしょう (alias, clothing, costume, design, dress, garment, nom de plume, outfit, pseudonym, strange phenomenon, vision), けみょう (alias, nom de plume, pseudonym). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enpay amenay escrito tinta. (various references) pseudonim (anonym, nom de plume, pseudonym, sobriquet, soubriquet). (various references) псевдоним (alias, anonym, assumed name, nom de guerre, pseudonym). (various references) književnički pseudonim. (various references) seudónimo (anonym, nom de plume, pen-name, pseudonym, pseudonymous). (various references) pseudonym (nom de plume, pen-name, pseudonym), författarnamn (author's name). (various references) takma ad (agnomen, alias, byname, cognomen, incognito, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pseudonym, pseudonymity, sobriquet, soubriquet, surname). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: penname. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-n-n-p" | |
-1 letter: penman, penmen, pennae. | |
-2 letters: enema, panne, penna, penne. | |
-3 letters: amen, mane, mean, name, nape, neap, neem, neep, nema, nene, pane, pean, peen. | |
-4 letters: amp, ane, ape, eme, mae, man, map, men, nae, nam, nan, nap, nee, pam, pan, pea, pee, pen. | |
-5 letters: ae, am, an, em, en, ma, me, na, ne, pa, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-n-n-p" | |
+1 letter: pennames. | |
+2 letters: empennage, permanent, phenomena, praenomen. | |
+3 letters: empaneling, empennages, encampment, entrapment, permanence, permanency, permanents, phenomenal, phenomenas, praenomens. | |
+4 letters: antependium, empanelling, encampments, entrapments, impermanent, pentamidine, permanences, permanently, prenominate. | |
+5 letters: antependiums, arsphenamine, epiphenomena, hymenopteran, impermanence, impermanency, intemperance, newspaperman, newspapermen, pentamidines, permanencies, permanganate, phenomenally, phentolamine, predominance, prenominated, prenominates, underpayment. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 6E 4E 61 6D 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01101110 00100000 01001110 01100001 01101101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e n   N a m e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 006E 004E 0061 006D 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507180248677971 |
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