impostor

im·pos·tor

or im·pos·ter  (ĭm-pŏs′tər)

n.

One who engages in deception under an assumed name or identity.

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[French imposteur, from Latin impostor, one who assigns a name, from impostus, variant of impositus, past participle of impōnere, to place upon; see impose.]

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impostor

(ɪmˈpɒstə) or

imposter

n

a person who deceives others, esp by assuming a false identity; charlatan

[C16: from Late Latin: deceiver; see impose]

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im•pos•tor

or im•post•er

(ɪmˈpɒs tər)

n.

a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.

[1580–90; < Late Latin, = Latin impos(i)-, variant s. of impōnere to deceive, place on, impose]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

impostor - a person who makes deceitful pretenses faker, imposter, 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

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impostor

noun fraud, cheat, fake, impersonator, rogue, deceiver, sham, pretender, hypocrite, charlatan, quack, trickster, knave (archaic), phoney or phony (informal) He was an imposter who masqueraded as a doctor.

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impostor

noun

One who fakes:

charlatan, fake, faker, fraud, humbug, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack.

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Translations

دَجّال، مُحْتال

podvodník

bedragersvindler

BetrügerHochstaplerBetrügerin

απατεώνας

impostorimpostora

imposteur

svikari, svindlari

impostoreimpostura

blēdiskrāpnieks

impostorimpostora

самозванец

dolandırıcısahtekâr kimse

冒名顶替者

impostor

[ɪmˈpɒstə^r] n → imposteur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

impostor

n → Betrüger(in) m(f), → Schwindler(in) m(f); (assuming higher position also) → Hochstapler(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

impostor

[ɪmˈpɒstəʳ] n → impostore/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

impostor

(imˈpostə) noun

a person who pretends to be someone else, or to be something he is not, in order to deceive another person. bedrieër دَجّال، مُحْتال измамник impostor podvodník der/die Betrüger(in) svindler; bedrager απατεώνας, τσαρλατάνοςimpostor isehakanu شیاد huijari imposteur מִתחָזֶה धोखेबाज varalica szélhámos gadungan svikari, svindlari impostore 詐欺師 사기꾼 apsimetėlis krāpnieks; blēdis penyamar bedriegersvindler, bedrager uzurpator غولوونكى، تبرايستونكى هغه سړى چې خلك خطاباسى: باروونكى،تحميلوونكى impostor impostor самозванец podvodník slepar varalica bedragare, skojare คนที่ปลอมเป็นคนอื่น dolandırıcı, sahtekâr kimse 冒充者 самозванець بناوٹی شخص kẻ mạo danh 冒名顶替者

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