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ALIAS

\ˈe͡ɪli͡əs], \ˈe‍ɪli‍əs], \ˈeɪ_l_iə_s]\

Definitions of ALIAS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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as known or named at another time or place; "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

as known or named at another time or place; "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
Another name; an assumed name.
Otherwise.
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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
Another name; an assumed name.
Otherwise.
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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Otherwise.
An assumed name.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Otherwise.
A second writ of execution when the first has failed.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

An assumed name.
Otherwise named.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Another name.
Otherwise called.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

An assumed name; a second writ, issued when the first has failed to enforce the judgment.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

adv. [Latin] Otherwise; otherwise called - a term in law connecting the names of a party who has gone by several, as, Smith, alias Simpson.
n. A second writ issued after the first has expired without effect.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

A Latin word signifying otherwise.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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