"poser" meaning in English

See poser in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpəʊzə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpoʊzɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-poser.ogg [Mid-Atlantic], En-au-poser.ogg [Australia] Forms: posers [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊzə(ɹ) Etymology: pose + -er Etymology templates: {{suf|en|pose|er|id2=agent noun}} pose + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} poser (plural posers)
  1. (British) A particularly difficult question or puzzle. Tags: British Translations (a particularly difficult question or puzzle): труден въпрос (truden vǎpros) [masculine] (Bulgarian), knifflige Frage [feminine] (German), harte Nuss [feminine] (German), cáithnín [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-poser-en-noun--i4fINOE Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'a particularly difficult question or puzzle': 96 3 1 1
  2. Someone who asks a question or sets a problem. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (someone who asks a question or sets a problem): Fragender [masculine] (German), Frager [masculine] (German), Fragesteller [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-poser-en-noun-5psuVYEu Disambiguation of Personality: 7 25 38 31 Disambiguation of 'someone who asks a question or sets a problem': 3 79 12 6
  3. Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting. Categories (topical): People, Personality Translations (someone who, or something which, poses; with their body in a fixed position): pozisto (Esperanto), colle [feminine] (French), Künstlermodell [neuter] (German), Modell [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-poser-en-noun-XI5tuLGo Disambiguation of People: 8 25 43 24 Disambiguation of Personality: 7 25 38 31 Disambiguation of 'someone who, or something which, poses; with their body in a fixed position': 1 16 70 13
  4. (derogatory, slang) A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-poser-en-noun-K1UF69oN Disambiguation of Personality: 7 25 38 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old French verbs ending in -er, Old French verbs with weak-a preterite Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 6 10 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 8 8 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 23 11 14 52 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 5 2 3 35 10 2 2 2 5 19 3 4 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Old French verbs ending in -er: 5 2 4 32 9 3 3 3 4 16 4 4 4 3 4 Disambiguation of Old French verbs with weak-a preterite: 6 2 3 33 7 3 3 3 3 16 5 5 4 4 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: faker, impostor, pretentious

Inflected forms

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