[ noun ] a person who makes deceitful pretenses <noun.person>
Impostor \Im*pos"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. ``The fraudulent impostor foul.'' --Milton.
Syn: Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See {Deceiver}.
Frank said sarcastically there must be a security problem in the house that allowed an impostor to speak for Republican Leader Robert Michel.
But she comes in and helps the family." Pamela Reed also stars as Grace, the stepmother, who sees Caroline not only as a fortune-hunting impostor but as an interloper trying to drive a wedge between her and her own handicapped daughter.
The spokesman said Scotland Yard did not investigate a British doctor's claims that a Hess impostor was murdered in the prison.
He stalks and outsmarts the lurking comedy (from a chaos-prone cattle auction to a vainglorious Locke impostor), he never mugs it.
If Hank is an impostor, Ms. Shealy could lose her $28,000 prize and first-place ribbon.
" State investigators believe the impostor horse had multiple wins to its credit in more competitive events than the Marshfield Fair. The impostor was a similar-looking but faster filly named Joshua's Sunny.
" State investigators believe the impostor horse had multiple wins to its credit in more competitive events than the Marshfield Fair. The impostor was a similar-looking but faster filly named Joshua's Sunny.
Prosecutors called him a veteran impostor.
Back in the lab, the fat impostor still had major technological problems.