allonym

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- The name of another person which has been assumed by the actual author of a work; (more generally) any name assumed by someone; a pseudonym, an alias. Also (occasionally): a book purporting to be by someone other than its actual author.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century. From allo- + -onym, probably after French allonyme




definition by Oxford Dictionaries