OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31790

impostor

/ɪmˈpɒstə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
impostor • impostora
Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
"It were dishonour in me to yield. I will not play the part of an impostor, whom my uncle must despise even while he screens. No; these estates are his right: let him take them; I…
Then again these figures take no account of the thousands of beggars who travel free in India. Many of these are religious "Sadhus", dressed often in nothing but a loin-cloth, or e…