13 August 2017

nom de guerre

[nom duh gair; French nawn duh ger]

noun, plural noms de guerre [nomz duh gair; French nawn duh ger] (Show IPA)

1. n assumed name, as one under which a person fights, paints, writes, etc.; pseudonym.

Origin of nom de guerre

< French: literally, war name

Examples from the Web for nom de guerre

Contemporary Examples

A former military man, Molina had served under Rios Montt, reportedly under the nom de guerre Major Tito.
Guatemala’s Trial of the Century
Mac Margolis
May 5, 2013

It is headed by another shadowy figure using the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al Golani.
Al Qaeda’s Most Dangerous Stronghold
Bruce Riedel
November 10, 2013

Anagram

mourn degree
rodgered menu
demure goner
ruder genome
Mr dengue roe

Today’s quote

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

– H. G. Wells

On this day

13 August 1784 – British Parliament enacts ‘Pitt’s India Act’, which brought the East India company under the control of the British government.

13 August 1899 – birth of Alfred Hitchcock, English movie director and producer. Died 29 April 1980.

13 August 1926 – birth of Fidel Castro, former Cuban President. Died 25 November 2016.

13 August 1946 – death of Herbert George ‘H.G.’ Wells, British science fiction writer, author of The War of the Worlds, Time Machine, Island of Dr Moreau, The War of the Worlds. Born 21 September 1866.

13 August 1961 – construction of the Berlin Wall commences. Torn down 9 November 1989.