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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The space reverberates with the hum of 3D printers—the devices that gave 3D his nom de guerre.
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WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
Utkin was long believed to have founded Wagner and baptized the group with his nom de guerre.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2023
The passenger manifest also included Prigozhin’s second-in-command, who baptized the group with his nom de guerre, as well as Wagner’s logistics chief, a fighter wounded by U.S. airstrikes in Syria and at least one possible bodyguard.
—Emma Burrows, Aamer Madhani, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2023
Utkin's nom de guerre, Wagner — a reference of Richard Wagner, Adolf Hitler's favorite composer — inspired the name for the mercenary army, The New York Times reported.
—Peter Weber, The Week, 23 Aug. 2023
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WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
Utkin was long believed to have founded Wagner and baptized the group with his nom de guerre.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2023
The passenger manifest also included Prigozhin’s second-in-command, who baptized the group with his nom de guerre, as well as Wagner’s logistics chief, a fighter wounded by U.S. airstrikes in Syria and at least one possible bodyguard.
—Emma Burrows, Aamer Madhani, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2023
Utkin's nom de guerre, Wagner — a reference of Richard Wagner, Adolf Hitler's favorite composer — inspired the name for the mercenary army, The New York Times reported.
—Peter Weber, The Week, 23 Aug. 2023
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