nom de plume
noun
noms de plume
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pluralof nom de plume.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Higgins — the best known of the many noms de plume of Henry Patterson — had a nervous system ailment that in recent years interfered with his writing.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2022
There is a whole taxonomy of authorial falsification, from ghostwriters and noms de plume to plagiarism and forgery, and within each species there are moral boundaries.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018
The framers of the constitution gave themselves classical noms de plume in their correspondence, and consciously modelled their new nation on the Roman republic.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 13, 2017
They won’t forget the struggle anytime soon—both of them still use noms de plume to shield themselves.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2014
Giacomo Meyerbeer and Jacques Offenbach - the noms de plume, in fact, of two German Jews originally named Jacob - took the Paris opera world by storm in the 1830s and ’40s.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
