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
• 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