penname

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A form of pen name — A fictitious name used by an author in place of their actual name; a writer's pseudonym.

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Meanings

nounpenname (plural pennames)

plural pennames

  1. alternativeAlternative form of pen name.

    Nevertheless Neopythagorean treatises are extant that were written in Alexandria at the end of the first century B.C. Some of these treatises were written by women adopting as pennames the names of earlier female disciples and relatives of Pythagoras.

    2013, Helene Foley, Reflections of Women in Antiquity, page 311

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Penmaen
Cite this entry
APA

penname. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penname

MLA

“penname.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penname. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “penname,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penname.

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