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noun (alias, es)
  1. Another name; an assumed name.
  2. A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
Translations:
  • German: Pseudonym , Deckname
    (trans-mid)
    • Japanese: 偽名 (ぎめい, gimei), 異名 (いみょう, imyō)
    verb (alias, es)
    1. (computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
    adverb
    1. otherwise, Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called. (Used in legal proceedings 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, Simpson.)
    Etymology: Latin fr. alius. See Else.

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