"impersonator" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: impersonators [plural]
Etymology: From impersonate + -or. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|impersonate|or}} impersonate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} impersonator (plural impersonators)
  1. One who fraudulently impersonates another person. Categories (topical): People Synonyms (one who fraudulently impersonates): impostor Translations (one who fraudulently impersonates): 騙子 (Chinese Mandarin), 骗子 (piànzi) (english: there's no specific term for this type of con-man) (Chinese Mandarin), huijari (english: there's no specific term for this type of con-man) (Finnish), imposteur (French), Hochstapler [masculine] (German), Hochstaplerin (english: there's no specific term for this type of con-man) [feminine] (German), illusionista [masculine] (Italian), imitatore [masculine] (Italian), impostor [masculine] (Portuguese), самозва́нец (samozvánec) (Russian), imitatör (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-impersonator-en-noun-jA0wox0O Disambiguation of People: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'one who fraudulently impersonates': 94 6 Disambiguation of 'one who fraudulently impersonates': 94 6
  2. An entertainer whose act is based upon performing impressions of others. Synonyms (entertainer): impressionist Translations (entertainer): 模擬藝人 (Chinese Mandarin), 模拟艺人 (mónǐ yìrén) (Chinese Mandarin), imitator [masculine] (Dutch), imitaattori (Finnish), imitateur (French), Imitator [masculine] (German), Imitatorin [feminine] (German), mimo [masculine] (Italian), imitatore [masculine] (Italian), imitador [masculine] (Portuguese), имита́тор (imitátor) [masculine] (Russian), imitatör [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-impersonator-en-noun-2nDWex4y Disambiguation of 'entertainer': 37 63 Disambiguation of 'entertainer': 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: imitator, mimic, mimicker Derived forms: female impersonator, male impersonator

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for impersonator meaning in All languages combined (5.0kB)

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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "one who fraudulently impersonates",
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      "sense": "one who fraudulently impersonates",
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      "sense": "one who fraudulently impersonates",
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      "sense": "one who fraudulently impersonates",
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    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "entertainer",
      "word": "模擬藝人"
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