impersonator

impersonator

English

Etymology

From impersonate +‎ -or.

Noun

impersonator (plural impersonators)

1. One who fraudulently impersonates another person.
2. Entertainer whose act is based upon performing impressions of others.

Synonyms

• (one who fraudulently impersonates) impostor, imitator
• (entertainer) impressionist, mimic, mimicker

Derived terms

• female impersonator

Translations

one who fraudulently impersonates

Chinese: Mandarin: 騙子 (zh), 骗子 (zh) (piànzi) (there's no specific term for this type of con-man) Finnish: huijari (fi) (there's no specific term for this type of con-man) French: imposteur (fr) German: Hochstapler (de) m, Hochstaplerin f (there's no specific term for this type of con-man)

Italian: illusionista m, imitatore (it) m Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: самозва́нец (ru) (samozvánec) Swedish: imitatör (sv)

entertainer

Chinese: Mandarin: 模擬藝人, 模拟艺人 (mónǐ yìrén) Finnish: imitaattori (fi) French: imitateur (fr) German: Imitator m, Imitatorin f

Italian: mimo (it) m, imitatore (it) m Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Swedish: imitatör (sv) c