Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Alias"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alias \A"li*as\, adv. [L., fr. alius. See {Else}.] (Law)
(a) Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal
proceedings to connect the different names of any one who
has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any
cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.
(b) At another time.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alias \A"li*as\, n.; pl. {Aliases}. [L., otherwise, at another
time.] (Law)
(a) A second or further writ which is issued after a first
writ has expired without effect.
(b) Another name; an assumed name.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
alias
n : a name that has been assumed temporarily [syn: {assumed name},
{false name}]
adv : as known or named at another time or place; "Mr. Smith,
alias Mr. Lafayette" [syn: {a.k.a.}, {also known as}]
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