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for Nom de guerre
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Nom \Nom\, n. [F. See Noun.]
Name.
[1913 Webster]
Nom de guerre, literally, war name; hence, a fictitious
name, or one assumed for a time.
Nom de plume, literally, pen name; hence, a name assumed by
an author as his or her signature.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
nom de guerre
n 1: a fictitious name used when the person performs a
particular social role [syn: pseudonym, anonym, nom de
guerre]
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