imposter - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    * 1.3.1 Derived terms
  • 1.4 Anagrams
• 2 Polish
  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Pronunciation
  • 2.3 Noun
    * 2.3.1 Declension
  • 2.4 Further reading

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Replacement of impostor -or with -er.

imposter (plural imposters)

1. Alternative spelling of impostor.
   • 2017 August 15, Julia Carpenter, “How to get over your impostor syndrome”, in CNN‎[1]:
     To get over her imposter syndrome, Caldwell eventually turned to guided meditation to help her "quiet the voices."
   • 2020 September 26, Shannon Liao, “Among Us, a murder mystery set in space, is the latest multimillion dollar craze in video games”, in CNN‎[2]:
     The game requires four to 10 players, who are randomly assigned roles of either a crewmate or imposter. There are always more crew than imposters at the start.

• impasta

• imposterhood

• stompier, tripsome

Borrowed from French imposteur, from Late Latin impostor. Doublet of impostor.

• IPA(key): /imˈpɔs.tɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɔstɛr
• Syllabification: im‧pos‧ter

imposter m pers

1. dated form of impostor

• “imposter”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)

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