ALIAS


Meaning of ALIAS in English

I. a ‧ li ‧ as 1 /ˈeɪliəs/ BrE AmE preposition

[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: 'otherwise' ]

used when giving someone’s real name, especially an actor’s or a criminal’s name, together with another name they use:

‘Friends’ star Jennifer Aniston, alias Rachel Green

II. alias 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]

a false name, usually used by a criminal:

a spy operating under the alias Barsad

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THESAURUS

▪ first name ( also given name especially American English formal ) the name chosen for you by your parents:

People usually call each other by their first name.

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Please write your given name and your date of birth.

▪ Christian name old-fashioned first name:

His Christian name was Joseph.

▪ last name/family name/surname the name that you share with your family or husband. Most English speakers would say last name . Surname sounds slightly formal:

Can I have your last name?

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Johnson is a common English family name.

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At school they used to call each other by their surnames.

▪ middle name the name between your first and last names:

Harry Potter’s middle name is James.

▪ full name your first name, middle name, and last name:

I need your full name and address.

▪ maiden name a woman’s family name before she married and began using her husband’s name:

My mother’s maiden name was Higgins.

▪ married name a woman’s family name after she gets married, if she uses her husband’s name:

I don’t know what her married name is.

▪ nickname a name that people call you because of your appearance, personality etc, which is not your real name:

At school he was given the nickname ‘Shorty’.

▪ stage name the name that an actor uses which is not their real name:

She began acting in her childhood under the stage name Marjorie Moore.

▪ pen name ( also pseudonym formal ) a name that a writer uses which is not their real name:

Mark Twain was his pen name. His real name was Samuel Clemens.

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She wrote under the pseudonym of George Eliot.

▪ under an assumed name using a false name in order to hide your real name:

He had rented the car under an assumed name.

▪ alias /ˈeɪliəs/ a false name, especially one used by a criminal:

He uses a number of aliases.

▪ appellation formal a name which describes something – a very formal use:

This fine city justifies its appellation ‘the Pearl of the Orient’.

▪ sobriquet formal a nickname – a very formal use:

Jackson gained the sobriquet ‘Stonewall’ at the Battle of Bull Run.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.