The definition of a nom de plume is a pen name, or a named used by an author to write instead of using his real name.
(noun)An example of a nom de plume is Samuel Clemens for Mark Twain.
See nom de plume in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: Fr
See nom de plume in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. noms de plume noms de plume (nŏmˌ)
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: : nom, name
Origin: + de, of
Origin: + plume, pen
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