pen name
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pen name
noun pen names · pen-name · penname
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A fictitious name used by an author in place of their actual name; a writer's pseudonym.
Within a week of King's acknowledging the Bachman pen name, several sources —publishers, book dealers, readers, and fans—had mentioned a number of possible other pseudonyms; obviously, if King admitted to two pen names, John Swithen and Richard Bachmann, there might be others.
Similar: nom de plume
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noun writer's pseudonym
| Español | seudónimo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 펜네임 penneim, 필명 pilmyeong |
| 日本語 | ペンネーム pennēmu, 筆名 hitsumei |
| 中文 | 筆名 /笔名 bǐmíng |
| हिन्दी | छद्मनाम chadmanām |
| Português | pseudônimo |
| Français | nom de plume, pseudonyme |
| Deutsch | Schriftstellername, Künstlername |
| Italiano | nome di penna |
| Русский | псевдони́м psevdoním, литерату́рный псевдони́м literatúrnyj psevdoním |
| Tiếng Việt | biệt hiệu, bút danh, tên chữ, tên tự |
| עברית | שם עט shem et |
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@misc{pen_name_2026,
title = {pen name},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pen%20name},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
