noun
Meaning 1
One who fraudulently impersonates another person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
impersonator
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P ER1 S AH0 N EY0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An entertainer whose act is based upon performing impressions of others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imitator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
Narrower terms: mimic, mimicker
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English impersonate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English impersonator From impersonate + -or.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 騙子 /骗子 (piànzi) — one who fraudulently impersonates
- Finnish: huijari — one who fraudulently impersonates
- French: imposteur — one who fraudulently impersonates
- German: Hochstapler — one who fraudulently impersonates
- German: Hochstaplerin — one who fraudulently impersonates
- Italian: illusionista — one who fraudulently impersonates
- Italian: imitatore — one who fraudulently impersonates
- Portuguese: impostor — one who fraudulently impersonates
- Russian: самозва́нец (samozvánec) — one who fraudulently impersonates
- Swedish: imitatör — one who fraudulently impersonates
- Chinese Mandarin: 模擬藝人 /模拟艺人 (mónǐ yìrén) — entertainer
- Dutch: imitator — entertainer
- Finnish: imitaattori — entertainer
- French: imitateur — entertainer
- German: Imitator — entertainer
- German: Imitatorin — entertainer
- Italian: mimo — entertainer
- Italian: imitatore — entertainer
- Portuguese: imitador — entertainer
- Portuguese: cover — entertainer
- Russian: имита́тор (imitátor) — entertainer
- Swedish: imitatör — entertainer