Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Another side of oneself; a second self.
  • noun An intimate friend or a constant companion.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Second self; another self; counterpart; double.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Somebody's alternate personality or persona; another self.
  • noun A very close and intimate friend.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a very close and trusted friend who seems almost a part of yourself

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin : alter, other + egoI, self.]

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From Latin "other self", which is a translation of Zeno's Citium "allos ego"

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  • That part of a superhero that his/her arch enemy or arch nemesis can never discover, lest...lest... Come to think of it, why not drop the Clark Kent thing and just be Superman? If you could be Superman all the time or swap time between a guy that can see through walls and a wimpy reporter, which would you choose?

    October 23, 2007

  • It's probably too much work being Superman ALL the time. Wouldn't you think so?

    October 23, 2007

  • You could alter your super metabolism so that you'd never even get tired!

    October 23, 2007

  • Yeah, but maybe he just fantasizes about being a regular guy. I mean, it's weird, but then again, he's from another planet and weird in many ways.

    October 23, 2007

  • But why Clark Kent? I mean, I'd at least be Donald Trump or somebody. Now Batman, there's a super with panache!

    October 23, 2007

  • Plus, glasses?! That's a disguise? Wouldn't somebody notice?

    October 23, 2007

  • I abhor disguises....

    January 5, 2008

  • HA! A saggy SoG!

    January 7, 2008