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imposter Definition


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impostor
imposter
noun
    1. Someone who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others. Compare impersonator.
      Thesaurus: fraud, hypocrite, grifter (US slang), cheat, charlatan, pretender, rogue, swindler, sham, phoney (slang), con man (slang); quack.
Etymology: 16c: from French imposteur, from Latin imponere to impose.



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