Imitator

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who imitates or apes another.

    "Chalk it up to the government’s revelations in recent years about UFOs, or maybe just the pendulum swinging back, again, after “The X-Files” inspired a host of imitators in the 1990s."

  2. 2
    someone who copies the words or behavior of another wordnet
  3. 3
    someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another wordnet

Synonyms

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apercopycatimpersonatorapeapeaper

Example

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"I have entered on an enterprise which is without precedent, and will have no imitator."

Etymology

From French imitateur, derived from Latin imitātor, equivalent to imitate + -or.

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