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penname

penname is the alternative form of pen name.

Meaning of pen name

Noun

pen name (plural pen names)

  1. 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.1998, Bill Munster, Discovering Dean Koontz, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 64
    Synonyms:
    nom de plume

Forms of penname

pluralpennames

Questions about penname

What is penname the alternative form of?
Penname is the alternative form of pen name.

Words near penname in the dictionary

  1. pennage
  2. pennages
  3. pennal
  4. pennalism
  5. pennals
  6. penname
  7. pennames
  8. Pennamite
  9. Pennamites
  10. Pennan
  11. pennant

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