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Grammar : Adv, noun
Spell : ey-lee-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪ li əs



Definition of alias

Origin :
  • 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).
  • adv otherwise known as
  • noun false name
Example sentences :
  • He knew well that Josef Blot, alias Weirmarsh, was not a man to be trifled with.
  • Extract from : « The Doctor of Pimlico » by William Le Queux
  • Pete was disgusted with his brother Homer, alias Bill Moore.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • Thus Griffith, alias Thomas, became her sunbeam, and Paul her cloud.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 » by Various
  • There's a mystery, but James Price, alias Pickles, 'ull unravel it.
  • Extract from : « Sue, A Little Heroine » by L. T. Meade
  • There are some advantages in the name Smith, I really needed no alias.
  • Extract from : « Between the Lines » by Henry Bascom Smith
  • Who had advised that proceedings should be taken against Rose, alias Zora?
  • Extract from : « The Champdoce Mystery » by Emile Gaboriau
  • Woe to the unfortunate in whom Mrs Joe—alias Susan—did not believe.
  • Extract from : « Under the Waves » by R M Ballantyne
  • Barton assumed the alias of Tom, which was straightway metamorphosed into ‘Tomma.’
  • Extract from : « The Island Home » by Richard Archer
  • Among the powers that prey that is my proud cognomen, not to say alias.
  • Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson
  • Had she already dropped my name, and was now passing under an alias?
  • Extract from : « Hushed Up » by William Le Queux

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