nom de théâtren.
/ˌnɒm də teɪˈɑːtrə/, U.S. /ˌnɔm də teɪˈɑtrə/, /ˌnɑm də teɪˈɑtrə/ An assumed name under which a person acts or performs on stage, frequently in order to conceal his or her true identity; a stage name. Cf. nom de guerre n., nom de plume n.
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1838 Birmingham Jrnl. 23 June 5/3 Hervio Nano, to use his nom de theatre, is the trunk of a powerful man, placed on the thighs and legs of a child of two years of age.
1860 G. Vandenhoff Leaves from Actor's Notebk. 172 So! I thought, Coralie's real name is Wilton, eh? She changed a vowel, only, for her nom de théatre.
1874 W. P. Lennox My Recoll. I. viii. 189 After leaving the army, he appeared on the regular boards under the nom de théâtre of Calcraft.
1935 P. G. Wodehouse Blandings Castle xi. 278 A short list of names, one of which she proposed as a nom de théâtre as soon as her screen career should begin.
1974 Times 6 Apr. 14/2 Erik Weisz..in 1890..set himself up as a stage musician under the nom de théâtre of Harry Houdini.
2000 Sunday News (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 10 Dec. h3 His ‘alias’ was not a defense mechanism. Both he and his wife..chose their noms de theatre for spiritual reasons.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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