impostor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: impostor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for impostor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impostor n a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impostor \Impos"tor\, n. [L. impostor* a deceiver, fr. imponere to impose upon, deceive. See {Impone}.] One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. [bd]The fraudulent impostor foul.[b8] --Milton. Syn: Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See {Deceiver}.