impostor
Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identitySomeone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
» Tom is an impostor.
Meaning
3 sensesSomeone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
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самозва́нецsamozvánec
самозва́нецьsamozvánecʹ, самозва́нкаsamozvánka
A sprite or animation integrated into a three-dimensional scene to look like part of the 3D world.
A term referenced in an unusual grammatical person.
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Examples
23 sentencesTom is an impostor.
The impostor has been caught.
I felt like an impostor.
I feel like an impostor.
That impostor called himself a doctor.
ruТот самозванец выдавал себя за врача.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French imposteur, respelled in the Latin manner; ultimately from LatiBorrowed from Middle French imposteur, respelled in the Latin manner; ultimately from Latin impositor, agent form of Latin imponere (“to impose”).
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