alias

[ ey-lee-uhs ]

/ ˈeɪ li əs /

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noun, plural a·li·as·es.

a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name: The police files indicate that “Smith” is an alias for Simpson.

adverb

at another time; in another place; in other circumstances; otherwise. “Simpson alias Smith” means that Simpson in other circumstances has called himself Smith.

Nearby words

ali baba, ali muhammad of shiraz, ali pasha, ali, muhammad, alia, alias, alias dictus, aliasing, alibi, alible, alicante

Origin of alias

1525–35; < Latin aliās (adv.): at another time, otherwise; cf. else

SYNONYMS FOR alias

1 nom de guerre; nom de plume, pseudonym.

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Definition for alias (2 of 2)

alias dictus

[ ah-lee-ahs dik-too s; English ey-lee-uh s dik-tuh s ]

/ ˈɑ li ɑs ˈdɪk tʊs; English ˈeɪ li əs ˈdɪk təs /

adverb Latin.

otherwise called; alias.

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Examples from the Web for alias

He was living under the alias Alonso Rivera Muñoz as a middling real estate developer and art collector in Querétaro.
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Part of the alias and the disguise is masking racism with the mechanisms of large, diverse institutions.
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Miller, who also uses the alias Frazier Glenn Cross Jr., has an extensive résumé of hate.
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He orders a Smith Wesson .38 snub-nosed revolver through the mail, using the same alias.
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Molina has since admitted to going by the alias Tito during the civil war but denied his troops were involved in any atrocities.
Guatemala’s Trial of the Century|Mac Margolis|May 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In Suevo-Gothic, Backe is "an ascent or descent, extremitas montes, alias crepido vel ora."
Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 119, February 7, 1852|Various
Who had advised that proceedings should be taken against Rose, alias Zora?
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I see you've been wasting your tin on cigars--alias, rolled cabbage-leaves.
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One of the chiefs of the Reds was a dark man, already referred to as Cetewayo, alias the Carrib.
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Mrs. Sebastian nodded, and Martinez, alias Hernandez, made his way from the room.
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British Dictionary definitions for alias

alias

/ (ˈeɪlɪəs) /

adverb

at another time or place known as or namedDylan, alias Zimmerman

noun plural -ases

an assumed name

Word Origin for alias

C16: from Latin aliās (adv) otherwise, at another time, from alius other

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Word Origin and History for alias (1 of 2)

alias

adv.

mid-15c., "otherwise called," from Latin alias "at another time, in another way," from alius "(an)other," from PIE *al- "beyond" (cf. Sanskrit anya "other, different," Avestan anya-, Armenian ail, Greek allos "another," Gothic aljis "other," Old English elles "otherwise, else," Modern English else).

Word Origin and History for alias (1 of 2)

alias

"assumed name," c.1600, from alias (adv.).

alias

noun, plural a·li·as·es.

adverb

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Definition for alias (2 of 2)

alias dictus

adverb Latin.

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alias

adverb

noun plural -ases

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