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nom de guerre

/ˌnɒm də ˈɡɛə/US/ˌnɑm də ˈɡɛɹ/

nom de guerre noun: a pseudonym, particularly one adopted by soldiers, revolutionaries, or resistance fighter.

Noun

nom de guerre (plural noms de guerre)

  1. A pseudonym, particularly one adopted by soldiers, revolutionaries, or resistance fighter.
    • One of the participants in the contest – a publicity bonanza for a certain well-known hot doggery – was William Perry, the football player who scored a touchdown in the 1986 Super Bowl and was known by the nom de guerre “The Refrigerator.”2003 July 5, Michael Brick, “From Soup to Stickball, the 4th With a Twist”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015
    Synonyms:
    pseudonym

nom de guerre meaning in Tamil and Urdu

nom de guerre in Tamil

புனைபெயர், புனை பெயர்

nom de guerre in Urdu

فرضی نام, جنگی نام

Synonyms of nom de guerre

Forms of nom de guerre

pluralnoms de guerre
alternative formnom-de-guerre

Origin of nom de guerre

Unadapted borrowing from French nom de guerre (literally “war name”), referring to the pseudonyms used during wars.

Questions about nom de guerre

What does nom de guerre mean?
Nom de guerre means a pseudonym, particularly one adopted by soldiers, revolutionaries, or resistance fighter.
What is nom de guerre in Tamil?
Nom de guerre in Tamil is புனைபெயர், புனை பெயர். See Nom de guerre meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nom de guerre?
Nom de guerre is a noun.
How do you pronounce nom de guerre?
Nom de guerre is pronounced /ˌnɒm də ˈɡɛə/ (UK).
What is the plural of nom de guerre?
The plural of nom de guerre is noms de guerre.

Words near nom de guerre in the dictionary

  1. nolunty
  2. nom
  3. nom d'artiste
  4. nom de clavier
  5. nom de course
  6. nom de guerre
  7. nom de plume
  8. nom de voyage
  9. nom de web
  10. nom nom
  11. nom nom nom

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nom de guerre (page history and authors); nom de guerre (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nom de guerre (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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