pen name

a pseudonym used by an author; nom de plume.

Origin of pen name

First recorded in 1840–50

His face was not so well known and his pen-name was carefully concealed.

Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete |Albert Bigelow Paine
It was as open to him in 1599 as in 1612 to publish his own pieces under his own name, or pen-name.

Shakespeare, Bacon and the Great Unknown |Andrew Lang
In 1751 he published, at Dublin, under the pen-name of Ontologos, an essay to prove that the soul is not immortal.

A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations |Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
In 1854-5 he published several volumes of poems under the pen-name of "Melanter."

Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 5 |Various

As Ishkmsh is not in Badakhshn, it is odd he should have made it his pen-name.

The Bbur-nma in English |Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

pen name

an author's pseudonym Also called: nom de plume