otherwise known as
Definition of otherwise known as
—used to indicate a different name that people know or that a person uses France's King Louis XIV, otherwise known as the Sun King
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otherwiseplay
: something or anything else : something to the contrary
: in a different way or manner
: in different circumstances
: in other respects
: different
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