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Alias
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
2. Another name; an assumed name.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adverb (adv.)
1. 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. At another time.