English-Thai Dictionary

impostor

N คนที่ ปลอม เป็น คนอื่น  คน ต้มตุ๋น  คน หลอกลวง  fraud sham kon-ti-prom-pen-kon-uen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPOSTOR

n.[Low L. impostor, from impono. See Impose. ] One who imposes on others; a person who assumes a character for the purpose of deception; a deceiver under a false character. It seems to be yet unsettled, whether Perkin Warbeck was an impostor. A religious impostor may be one who assumes the character of a preacher, without authority; or one who falsely pretends to an extraordinary commission from heaven, and terrifies people with denunciations of judgments.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPOSTOR

Im *pos "tor, n. Etym: [L. impostor a deceiver, fr. imponere to impose upon, deceive. See Impone. ]

 

Defn: One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. "The fraudulent impostor foul. " Milton.

 

Syn. -- Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See Deceiver.

 

IMPOSTORSHIP

IMPOSTORSHIP Im *pos "tor *ship, n.

 

Defn: The condition, character, or practice of an impostor. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

impostor

im pos tor |imˈpästər ɪmˈpɑstər |(also imposter ) ▶noun a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, esp. for fraudulent gain. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in early use spelled imposture, and sometimes confused with imposture in meaning ): from French imposteur, from late Latin impostor, contraction of impositor, from Latin imponere (see impose ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

impostor

impostor |ɪmˈpɒstə |(also imposter ) ▶noun a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in early use spelled imposture, and sometimes confused with imposture in meaning ): from French imposteur, from late Latin impostor, contraction of impositor, from Latin imponere (see impose ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

impostor

impostor noun it turned out the meter reader was an impostor | the biometrics cannot be duplicated by impostors: impersonator, masquerader, pretender, imitator, deceiver, hoaxer, trickster, fraudster, swindler; fake, fraud, sham, phony, scammer. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See quack . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

impostor, imposter

impostor, imposter noun impersonator, masquerader, pretender, deceiver, hoaxer; fake, fraud, sham, humbug; charlatan, quack, mountebank; trickster, fraudster, swindler, hoodwinker, bluffer, deluder, duper, cheat, cheater, defrauder, exploiter, rogue, wolf in sheep's clothing; informal phoney, conman, con artist, flimflammer, flimflam man; dated confidence man /woman.

 

Spanish Dictionary

impostor, -ra

impostor, -ra adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino 1 [persona ] Que se hace pasar por otra persona o por lo que no es :después de varios años de ejercer la medicina, se descubrió que no era más que un impostor que no había logrado pasar del primer curso de carrera; pocos años después de la muerte de Federico, un impostor siciliano se hizo pasar por el emperador redivivo .SINÓNIMO suplantador .2 [persona ] Que calumnia :el abogado defensor acusó al testigo de ser un impostor .SINÓNIMO calumniador .3 [persona ] Que engaña o miente .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

impostor

im pos tor -post er /ɪmpɑ́stə r |-pɔ́s -/名詞 C 氏名 [身分 ]詐称者 ; ぺてん師, かたり, 詐欺師 .