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imposter

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im·pos·tor or im·pos·ter  (m-pstr)
n.
One who engages in deception under an assumed name or identity.
[French imposteur, from Latin impostor, one who assigns a name, from impostus, variant of impositus, past participle of impnere, to place upon; see impose.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.imposterimposter - a person who makes deceitful pretenses
faker, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, pretender, fraud, fake
beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
name dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends
ringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
Translations
imposter impostor [ɪmˈpɒstəʳ] N → impostor(a) m/f


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"John Silver," he said, "you're a prodigious villain and imposter--a monstrous imposter, sir.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Sometimes when some outrage of peculiar offensiveness stung her to the heart, she would plan schemes of vengeance and revel in the fancied spectacle of his exposure to the world as an imposter and a slave; but in the midst of these joys fear would strike her; she had made him too strong; she could prove nothing, and--heavens, she might get sold down the river for her pains
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
We feared that having found this somewhere it had aroused his cupidity and led him to believe that in some way he could obtain the reward, possibly by foisting upon us a white girl on the chance that so many years had elapsed that we would not be able to recognize an imposter as such.
The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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