"imposter" meaning in English

See imposter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-imposter.wav [US] Forms: imposters [plural]
Etymology: Replacement of impostor -or with -er. Etymology templates: {{m|en|-or}} -or, {{m|en|-er}} -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} imposter (plural imposters)
  1. Alternative spelling of impostor Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: impostor
    Sense id: en-imposter-en-noun-KnSY3XLl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for imposter meaning in English (1.2kB)

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