Lexic.us

Definition of Alias

1. Noun. A name that has been assumed temporarily.

2. Adverb. As known or named at another time or place. "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette"

Definition of Alias

1. adv. 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.

2. n. A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.

Definition of Alias

1. Adverb. Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called. ¹

2. Adverb. (legal) (non-gloss definition Used to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, ''Smith, '''alias''' Simpson''.) ¹

3. Noun. Another name; an assumed name. ¹

4. Noun. (legal) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. ¹

5. Noun. (context: online gaming) An abbreviation that replaces a string of in-game commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks. ¹

6. Noun. (signal processing) An spurious signal generated as a technological artifact. ¹

7. Verb. (computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one. ¹

8. Verb. (signal processing of two signals) to become indistinguishable ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alias

1. an assumed name [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alias

algovascular algraphic algraphy alguacil alguacils alguazil alguazils algum algums algæ

algæsthesis alhaji alhajia alhajis alhenna alias (current term) aliased aliases aliasing aliasings

alibi alibied alibies alibiing alibility alibis alible alicant alicants alickadoo

Literary usage of Alias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office by Great Britain Public Record Office, Public Record Office, Great Britain (1905)
"By K. Thomas Ricard of Her'axton alias Harlaston. John Harlaston of Lincoln, ... wool- broker alias merchant. By K. Richard Sanford, wool-merchant. ..."

2. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"... STEPHEN BLACKHEAD AND ROBERT YOUNG, alias Youngs, alias Brown, alias Hopkins, alias Hutt, alias Green' alias Jones, alias Smith, alias, &c. ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"CJR HEREDITARY alias (2nd S. ix. 144. ; xi. 156.)— Perhaps the following addition on the subject of the hereditary alias may not be uninteresting to the ..."

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