noms de guerre
Assumed combat identities
Noms de guerre is the plural of nom de guerre, a name adopted for combat or conflict—literally "war name" in French.
Fighters, revolutionaries, and resistance members take noms de guerre to protect their identities or project a particular image: The insurgents were known only by their noms de guerre.
The term extends to pseudonyms adopted for any adversarial or competitive endeavor.
- codenameSecret identifying label
- nicknameInformal substitute name
- pseudonymFictitious professional name
- aliasAdopted false name
- assumed nameAdopted false identity
handle · guise · persona · moniker · fictitious name · sobriquet · partisan · alter ego · undercover agent · secret agent · freedom fighter · resistance · fighter · assumed · secret identity · identity · call sign · incognito
- namesgiven names, first names, names, surnames, first name
noms de guerrebirth names
Original legal designations
given names · legal names · true names · Christian names · baptismal names
nominate, nominal, guerrilla, denominate, nom de plume, guerilla, guerrillas, nom de guerre, nominative