nom de guerre
noun
an assumed name, as one under which a person fights, paints, writes, etc.; pseudonym.
noms de guerre
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pluralof nom de guerre.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Al-Qurayshi was also known by the two other noms de guerre, Abu Omar al-Turkmani and Abdullah Qaradash.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
The silly names are part of that campaign, noms de guerre in the battle to be adopted.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2021
As noms de guerre go, Blahyi’s tops the list of hilarity, to the point of inspiring Trey Parker and Matt Stone to name the primary antagonist after him in their musical “The Book of Mormon.”
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2019
It was signed by the members of the cell using their noms de guerre, and then Mr. Yazdani was told to scan it to his laptop, using Tails to obscure the operation.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2017
What adds some colour to the suspicion is that, when writers have chosen noms de guerre, they have frequently—though all unconsciously—taken names in "r."
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
