impostor
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French imposteur
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: im‧pos‧tor
Noun
impostor (plural impostors)
- Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- “I said he had a criminal face.” “He can't help his face.” “He can help being a crook and an impostor. Calls himself a butler, does he? The police could shake that story. He's no more a butler than I am.”
- (computer graphics) A sprite or animation integrated into a three-dimensional scene, but not based on an actual 3D model.
Synonyms
- impersonator
- See also Thesaurus:deceiver
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
someone who uses assumed identity
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Portuguese
Noun
impostor m (plural impostores, feminine impostora, feminine plural impostoras)
- impostor (someone who uses a false identity)
Related terms
Spanish
Noun
impostor m (plural impostores, feminine impostora, feminine plural impostoras)
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