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“noms de plume”
1. A pseudonym adopted by an author instead of his or her real name: Sally Jones uses the nom de plume of Katherine Hastings for the novels that she writes.
2. Etymology: from French nom, "name" + de, "of" + plume, "pen" (or "feather").
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2. Etymology: from French nom, "name" + de, "of" + plume, "pen" (or "feather").
The "pen" part comes from "feather" from which pens were once made.
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