Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Alter ego

My double or counterpart. In The Corsican Brothers, the same actor performs the two brothers, the one being the alter ego of the other. (Latin, “a second I”). One who has full powers to act for another.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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