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Synonyms for impostor

Grammar : Noun
Spell : im-pos-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɒs tər

Top 10 synonyms for impostor
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Définition of impostor

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Middle French imposteur (16c.), from Late Latin impostor, agent noun from impostus, collateral form of impositus, past participle of imponere "place upon, impose upon, deceive," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + ponere "to put place" (see position).
  • noun person pretending to be something else
Example sentences :
  • The old farmer had believed the solemn words of the impostor.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • In dropping me without a word, as if I had been an impostor?
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • An impostor, a personator, a cheat, and I gave him place and rank.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • At that moment he was less like himself than was the impostor who came there to personate him.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • I have been left in this room insensible, and the impostor who resembles me—where is he now?
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • And what solace would it be then that the same suit would be worn by the impostor also?
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • At last he could denounce the impostor in proper terms, and denounce him he did.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
  • I want you to denounce this fellow for the impostor that he is.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
  • I dared not approach in the face of a friend of yours whom I had treated as an impostor.'
  • Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • I wore a wooden placard on my breast, inscribed, "Potts the Impostor."
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
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