Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who fraudulently impersonates another person.

    Hochstapler, Hochstaplerin

    самозва́нецsamozvánec

    someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another

  2. An entertainer whose act is based upon performing impressions of others.

    Imitator, Imitatorin

    имита́торimitátor

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Ryan Chen is a gifted Chinese Trump impersonator.

  2. Simon told the guy to become a female impersonator instead of trying to be on American Idol.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
one who fraudulently impersonates:
entertainer:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
one who fraudulently impersonates:
entertainer:

Forms

plural: impersonators
Singularimpersonator
Pluralimpersonators

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
entertainer:impressionistB2
one who fraudulently impersonates:impostor
Close in meaning
  • someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another:imitator

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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