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IMPOS'TOR, 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.

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Impostor (impostor)
n.(?)
Im*pos"tor
[L. impostor a deceiver, fr. imponere to impose upon, deceive. See Impone.]
  1. 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.


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