Pen name and Surname

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Pen name

Pen name noun - An author's pseudonym.
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Surname and pen name are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surname" instead a noun phrase "Pen name".

Surname

Surname noun - A descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual.
Usage example: “da Vinci” was Leonardo's surname but not his family name, Vinci being the town near Florence where the great artist was born
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Pen name and surname are semantically related. You can use "Pen name" instead a noun "Surname".

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  • This is because he says his real surname is too posh-sounding or complicated to pronounce, so uses a Blackpool village as the pen name.
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