impersonator

English

Etymology

From impersonate +‎ -or.

Noun

impersonator (plural impersonators)

1. One who fraudulently impersonates another person.
2. An 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
• impersonatress
• male impersonator

Translations

one who fraudulently impersonates

Chinese: Mandarin: 騙子 / 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 (de) f (there's no specific term for this type of con-man) Italian: illusionista m, imitatore (it) m Portuguese: impostor (pt) m Russian: самозва́нец (ru) (samozvánec) Swedish: imitatör (sv)

entertainer

Chinese: Mandarin: 模擬藝人 / 模拟艺人 (mónǐ yìrén) Dutch: imitator (nl) m Finnish: imitaattori (fi) French: imitateur (fr) German: Imitator (de) m, Imitatorin (de) f Italian: mimo (it) m, imitatore (it) m Portuguese: imitador m, cover (pt) Russian: имита́тор (ru) m (imitátor) Swedish: imitatör (sv) c