alter ego

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alter ego

1. Another side of oneself; a second self.

2. An intimate friend or a constant companion.

[Latin : alter, other + ego, I, self.]

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alter ego

(ˈæltər ˈiːɡəʊ; ˈɛɡəʊ)

1. a second self

2. a very close and intimate friend

[Latin: other self]

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al•ter e•go

(ˈɔl tər ˈi goʊ, ˌɛg oʊ, ˈæl-)
n.

1. an inseparable friend.

2. a second self; a perfect substitute or deputy.

3. another aspect of one's personality.

[1530–40; < Latin: another I]

alter ego

A Latin phrase meaning other self, used to mean a very close friend or associate.

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Noun

alter ego - a very close and trusted friend who seems almost a part of yourself

friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"

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alter ego

[ˈæltərˈiːgəʊ] N → álter ego m

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alter ego

n → Alter ego nt

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Ferguson had a friend--not another self, indeed, an alter ego, for friendship could not exist between two beings exactly alike.

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Maston, with much feeling, "I am a friend of the president's, his alter ego , his second self; if you really must kill some one, shoot me!

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It comes over me that I had then a strange ALTER EGO deep down somewhere within me, as the full-blown flower is in the small tight bud, and that I just took the course, I just transferred him to the climate, that blighted him for once and for ever."

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These people might not take that high view of you which I have always taken, as an alter ego, a right hand-- though I always looked forward to your doing something else.

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"I don't think he can be called the alter ego of the President anymore because once he becomes senator, he will be performing other functions as a [lawmaker]," Pimentel said, alluding to the separation of powers between the Executive and the Legislative branch of government.