| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·lo·nym |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l  -n m |
| NOUN: | The name of a person, usually a historical person, assumed by a writer. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French allonyme : Greek allos, other; see allo– + Greek onoma, name; see n -men- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | al·lony·mous (-l n-ms) —ADJECTIVE
al·lony·mous·ly —ADVERB
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