as in pseudonym
a fictitious or assumed name
an acerbic and provocative blogger known to most only by her online nom de guerre
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On those two missions — plus another raid on a pair of Germain aircraft plants near Marienburg on October 9 that Orloff hasn’t dramatized — the 100th Bomb Group earned its morbid nom de guerre, losing nearly half its airmen in just three disastrous days.
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
But Girkin, whose nom de guerre is Igor Strelkov, was never arrested in Russia over the plane incident, which killed all 298 passengers and crew members onboard.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
Afterward, said a militant who identified himself only as Ahmad, the Israeli intelligence officer responsible for the area, who goes by the nom de guerre Captain Iyad, called fighters’ relatives.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
The space reverberates with the hum of 3D printers—the devices that gave 3D his nom de guerre.
—WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
But Girkin, whose nom de guerre is Igor Strelkov, was never arrested in Russia over the plane incident, which killed all 298 passengers and crew members onboard.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
Afterward, said a militant who identified himself only as Ahmad, the Israeli intelligence officer responsible for the area, who goes by the nom de guerre Captain Iyad, called fighters’ relatives.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
The space reverberates with the hum of 3D printers—the devices that gave 3D his nom de guerre.
—WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
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“Nom de guerre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nom%20de%20guerre. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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