imposter
imposter is the alternative spelling of impostor.
Meaning of impostor
Noun
impostor (plural impostors)
- Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
- "It were dishonour in me to yield. I will not play the part of an impostor, whom my uncle must despise even while he screens. No; these estates are his right: let him take them; I will not buy them with his daughter's hand."1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Consent”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 153
- 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.
- Interestingly, Wang shows that Chinese allows the appearance of an indexical pronoun alongside the imposter, as in (31).2014, Daniel Kaufman, “The Syntax of Indonesian Imposters”, in Chris Collins, editor, Cross-Linguistic Studies of Imposters and Pronominal Agreement, →ISBN, page 105
Forms of imposter
| plural | imposters |
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Origin of imposter
Replacement of impostor -or with -er.
Words formed from imposter
Questions about imposter
- What is imposter the alternative spelling of?
- Imposter is the alternative spelling of impostor.
Words near imposter in the dictionary
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