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Webster 1828 Edition


Impostor

IMPOS'TOR

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Noun.
[Low L. impostor, from impono. See Impose.]
One who imposes on others; a person who assumes a character for the purpose of deception; a deceiver under a false character. It seems to be yet unsettled,whether Perkin Warbeck was an impostor. A religious impostor may be one who assumes the character of a preacher, without authority; or one who falsely pretends to an extraordinary commission from heaven,and terrifies people with denunciations of judgments.

Definition 2024


impostor

impostor

English

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Noun

impostor (plural impostors)

  1. Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.

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Portuguese

Noun

impostor m (plural impostores, feminine impostora, feminine plural impostoras)

  1. impostor (someone who uses a false identity)

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Spanish

Noun

impostor m (plural impostores, feminine impostora)

  1. impostor