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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Because there are only a limited number of those word combinations, finding a unique nom de guerre in Syria is not an easy task.
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Vera Mironova, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2017
One of those soldiers was Ernest Raymond Gantt, whose nom de guerre, in peacetime anyway, was Donn Beach.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 July 2024
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.
—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
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Vera Mironova, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2017
One of those soldiers was Ernest Raymond Gantt, whose nom de guerre, in peacetime anyway, was Donn Beach.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 July 2024
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.
—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
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“Nom de guerre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nom%20de%20guerre. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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