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alias

Pronunciation pronunciation key
ayleeăs, aylyăs

Inflected Form(s)
plural aliases, ayleeăsiz, aylyăsiz

Function
noun

Definition 
an assumed name.
adverb also called, otherwise known as: "This dreadful threat had the desired effect, and through the two remaining fields the three pair of small legs trotted on without any serious interruption, not withstanding a small pond full of tadpoles, alias 'bullheads,' which the lads looked at wistfully" (George Eliot, Adam Bede, 1859).

Etymology etymology key
abbreviation of alias dictus at other times called, otherwise

Word or Phrase Origin
Latin

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