Definition of "alias" []

• An assumed name: The swindler worked under various aliases. (noun)
• Electronics A false signal in telecommunication links from beats between signal frequency and sampling frequency. (noun)
• Also known as; otherwise: Johnson, alias Johns. (adverb)

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• "Meanwhile Cormac -- alias Branwen, _alias_ the little old woman -- forsook the refuge of the Hebrew's house, and, in her antique capacity, paid a visit one afternoon to the palace of Hudibras."
• "Wooton, Gracy Murry alias Sophia Sims, Edward Williams _alias_"
• ""alias = '$alias', real_name = '$name', align = '$align'"."