See imitator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"word": "naśladowca"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one who imitates another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "naśladowczyni"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imitátor",
"sense": "one who imitates another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "имита́тор"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podražátelʹ",
"sense": "one who imitates another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подража́тель"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who imitates another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imitador"
}
],
"word": "imitator"
}
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