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1
a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual
- a soccer player whom everyone knows as "Mayhem," her adopted alias in the sports world that was created from her surname
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2
a fictitious or assumed name
- the English author Eric Blair, better known under the alias of George Orwell
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The first known use of alias was in the 15th century
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