adverb, noun
adverb used when a person, especially a criminal or an actor, is known by two names:
Mick Clark, alias Sid Brown * Inspector Morse, alias John Thaw (= John Thaw plays the part of Inspector Morse) * John Thaw, alias Inspector Morse of the famous TV series
noun a false or different name, especially one that is used by a criminal:
He checked into the hotel under an alias.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for alias is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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