Dictionary - Definition of ALLONYM


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The name of another person assumed by the author of a work.[Websters] 2. A work published under the name of some one other than the author.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "Allonym" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Allonym \Al"lo*nym\, noun. [French expression allonyme, from the Greek expression other name.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ALLONYM

Domain	Definition
Technology	The name of a person known to have existed, assumed as a pen name by another writer, as opposed to a fictional pseudonym. For example, the name "Publius" for the Roman tribune Publius Clodius Pulcher, used by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison in writing The Federalist. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The name of another person assumed by the author of a work.[Websters] 2. A work published under the name of some one other than the author.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "ALLONYM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Allonym \Al"lo*nym\, noun. [French expression allonyme, from the Greek expression other name.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Technology	The name of a person known to have existed, assumed as a pen name by another writer, as opposed to a fictional pseudonym. For example, the name "Publius" for the Roman tribune Publius Clodius Pulcher, used by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison in writing The Federalist. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top