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Impersonator   /ɪmpˈərsəneɪtər/   Listen
Impersonator

noun
1.
Someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another.  Synonym: imitator.






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"Impersonator" Quotes from Famous Books



... had ransacked the Orient's theatrical wardrobe, and pounced on the swell outfit of the principal female impersonator in the ship's company. ...
— The Wings of the Morning • Louis Tracy

... cymbals, playing the leading part. There is the property man, always in evidence, who places a chair and says "This is a horse," or turns the chair around and calls it a mountain. And there is the female impersonator with deeply roughed cheeks, who is the pride and flower of histrionic art. Women are not allowed to walk the boards of the Chinese theater, but the male actor who best can mimic woman's tones and mincing airs is the Henry Irving. There is a whole chorus of these men-women in the Jackson ...
— The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair - Their Observations and Triumphs • Charles McCellan Stevens (AKA 'Quondam')



Words linked to "Impersonator" :   slicker, deceiver, cheater, impersonate, imitator, beguiler, trickster, mimic, mimicker, cheat



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