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  1. Name. Nom de guerre. [F., lit. a war-name.]
  2. Nom de guerre. Formerly, in France, a name taken by a soldier on entering the service.
  3. Nom de guerre. A fictitious name temporarily assumed for any purpose. Jane Clifford was her name, as books aver; Fair Rosamond was but her nom de guerre. Dryden, Epil. to Henry II., l. 6. Nom de plume. [F., lit. a pen-name; a phrase invented in England, in imitation of nom de guerre, and not used in France.]
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  • Each poem is signed (or initialled) and dated, some having in addition to her own name the nom-de-guerre Alexandrina Zenobia or Olivia Vernon . —  Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle
  • Part of these Poems are unpublished, the remainder appeared in the Poems of 1846 1842-1845 A thin 8vo volume of poems (mostly dated 1845), pp. 14, each being signed A. Brontë , or simply page 72 p. 72 ‘ A. B. ’—some having in addition to, or instead of, her own name the nom-de-guerre Zerona . —  Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle
  • Nos szánom-bánom, hogy eddig nem volt frissítés, de ... —  Refinance 2nd Mortgage
  • Nos szánom-bánom, hogy eddig nemivolt frissítés, de ... —  Refinance 2nd Mortgage
  • From that, the Pre-nom list is whittled down to the top five in each category. —  Austin360 - XL Headlines
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  1. French, from Latin nomen, a name: see nomen.
 

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