impostor

• imposter
• impostour (obsolete)

From Middle French imposteur

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɒstə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɑstɚ/
• Hyphenation: im‧pos‧tor

impostor (plural impostors)

1. Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:

     “I said he had a criminal face.” “He can't help his face.” “He can help being a crook and an impostor. Calls himself a butler, does he? The police could shake that story. He's no more a butler than I am.”

• impersonator
• See also Thesaurus:deceiver

impostor m (plural impostores, feminine impostora, feminine plural impostoras)

1. impostor (someone who uses a false identity)

• impor
• imposto

impostor m (plural impostores, feminine impostora, feminine plural impostoras)

1. impostor