personator

personator

English

Etymology

personate +‎ -or

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)səˌneɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

personator (plural personators)

1. One who personates.
   • 1606, Ben Jonson, Hymenaei

     the personators of these actions

   • 1855, James Legge (trans.), The Lî Kî (Book of Rites), page 62:

     If a man be sitting, let him do so as a personator of the deceased; if he be standing, let him do so (reverently), as in sacrificing.

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Latin

Verb

personātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of personō