nom de guerre

Noun

Meaning

a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

nom-de-guerre

Synonyms

pseudonym anonym name incognito handle nickname designation epithet alias appellation surname moniker sobriquet soubriquet pen name
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Antonyms

break neglect true name rights

Hypernyms

name

Hyponyms

pen name nom de plume stage name

Examples

A newly-powered Wilson, now going by the nom de guerre accepts the contract that Deathstroke turned down to kill the Titans. Source: Internet

The man identified as Abu Huzayfah, his or nom de guerre, at times sounded reflective and regretful but at other times seemed to betray his ongoing admiration for jihadism and the ISIS caliphate. Source: Internet

His name at birth was "Ahmed Shah"; he took the name "Massoud" as a nom de guerre when he went into the resistance movement in 1974. Source: Internet

In 1716, a nom de guerre was mandatory for every soldier; officers did not adopt noms de guerre as they considered them derogatory. Source: Internet

; nom de guerre : pseudonym to disguise the identity of a leader of a militant group, literally "war name," used in France for "pseudonym". Source: Internet

She began using the nom de guerre "Tania", after Che Guevara's associate " Tania the Guerilla ". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nolunty nom nom de clavier nom de plume nom de voyage nom de Web