"imitator" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-imitator.wav Forms: imitators [plural]
Etymology: From French imitateur, derived from Latin imitātor. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|imitateur}} French imitateur, {{der|en|la|imitātor}} Latin imitātor Head templates: {{en-noun}} imitator (plural imitators)
  1. A person who imitates or apes another. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: aper, imitatour [obsolete] Derived forms: great imitator Related terms: imitate Translations (one who imitates another): μιμητής (mimētḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), imitador [masculine] (Catalan), imitator [masculine] (Dutch), matkija (Finnish), imitateur [masculine] (French), Nachahmer [masculine] (German), Nachahmerin [feminine] (German), Epigone [masculine] (German), Epigonin [feminine] (German), Nachäffer [colloquial, masculine] (German), Nachäfferin [feminine] (German), Nachbeter (t-, de, Nachbeterin) [colloquial, masculine, pejorative] (German), Nachsprecher [masculine] (German), Nachsprecherin [feminine] (German), Papagei [masculine] (German), Papageiin [feminine] (German), Echo [neuter] (German), μιμητής (mimitís) [masculine] (Greek), utánzó (Hungarian), majmoló (Hungarian), epigon (Hungarian), imitátor (Hungarian), peniru (Indonesian), aithriseoir [masculine] (Irish), imitatore [masculine] (Italian), 模倣者 (mohōsha) (Japanese), 亜流 (aryū) (Japanese), 모방자 (mobangja) (Korean), imitātor [masculine] (Latin), imitātrix [feminine] (Latin), simulātor [masculine] (Latin), imitator [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), imitator [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), imitator [masculine] (Polish), imitatorka [feminine] (Polish), naśladowca [masculine] (Polish), naśladowczyni [feminine] (Polish), имита́тор (imitátor) [masculine] (Russian), подража́тель (podražátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), imitador [masculine] (Spanish)

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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "one who imitates another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aithriseoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who imitates another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imitatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mohōsha",
      "sense": "one who imitates another",
      "word": "模倣者"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "aryū",
      "sense": "one who imitates another",
      "word": "亜流"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mobangja",
      "sense": "one who imitates another",
      "word": "모방자"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who imitates another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imitātor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who imitates another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "imitātrix"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who imitates another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "simulātor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "one who imitates another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imitator"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "one who imitates another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imitator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who imitates another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imitator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who imitates another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "imitatorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who imitates another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "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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