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I think impersonation is a great art. It's something that I enjoy doing, in a frivolous and lighthearted way. But I don't flatter myself to think I'm an impersonator.
Andrea Riseborough

Meaning of "impersonator" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPERSONATOR

impersonator  [ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPERSONATOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Impersonator is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IMPERSONATOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

impersonator

Impersonator

An impersonator is someone who imitates or copies the behavior or actions of another. There are many reasons for someone to be an impersonator, some common ones being as follows: ▪ Entertainment: An entertainer impersonates a celebrity, generally for entertainment, and makes fun of their recent scandals or known behavior patterns. Especially popular objects of impersonation are Elvis, Michael Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and Lenin. Entertainers who impersonate multiple celebrities as part of their act, can be sorted into impressionists and celebrity impersonators. ▪ Crime: As part of a criminal act such as identity theft. This is usually where the criminal is trying to assume the identity of another, in order to commit fraud, such as accessing confidential information, or to gain property not belonging to them. Also known as social engineering and impostors. ▪ Decoys, used as a form of protection for political and military figures. This involves an impersonator who is employed to perform during public appearances, to mislead observers. ▪ Sowing discord, causing people to fight, or dislike each other for social, business or political gain.

Definition of impersonator in the English dictionary

The first definition of impersonator in the dictionary is someone who pretends to be. Other definition of impersonator is someone who imitates the character, mannerisms, etc, of. Impersonator is also someone who plays the part or character of.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPERSONATOR


alternator
ˈɔːltəˌneɪtə
chlorinator
ˈklɔːrɪˌneɪtə
co-ordinator
kəʊˈɔːdɪneɪtə
coordinator
kəʊˈɔːdɪneɪtə
decarbonator
diːˈkɑːbəneɪtə
denominator
dɪˈnɒmɪˌneɪtə
designator
ˈdezɪɡˌneɪtə
detonator
ˈdɛtəˌneɪtə
dominator
ˈdɒmɪˌneɪtə
donator
dəʊˈneɪtə
eliminator
ɪˈlɪmɪneɪtə
exterminator
ɪkˈstɜːmɪneɪtə
fascinator
ˈfæsɪˌneɪtə
hibernator
ˈhaɪbəneɪtə
illuminator
ɪˈluːmɪneɪtə
originator
əˈrɪdʒəneɪtə
personator
ˈpɜːsəneɪtə
rejuvenator
rɪˈdʒuːvɪˌneɪtə
resonator
ˈrɛzəˌneɪtə
terminator
ˈtɜːmɪˌneɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPERSONATOR

imperscriptible
impersonal
impersonalisation
impersonalise
impersonality
impersonalization
impersonalize
impersonally
impersonate
impersonation
impertinence
impertinency
impertinent
impertinently
imperturbability
imperturbable
imperturbableness
imperturbably
imperturbation
imperviable

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPERSONATOR

administrator
common denominator
curriculum coordinator
determinator
discriminator
disseminator
female impersonator
fractionator
germinator
laminator
lowest common denominator
nominator
opinionator
oxygenator
pollinator
procrastinator
pronator
senator
State Senator
vaccinator
venator

Synonyms and antonyms of impersonator in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «impersonator» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMPERSONATOR

Find out the translation of impersonator to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of impersonator from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «impersonator» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冒领
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

imitador
570 millions of speakers

English

impersonator
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अभिनय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منتحل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

имитатор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imitador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জালিয়াত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

imitateur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peniru
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Imitator
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

偽装
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Impersonator
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người diển xuất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேறு வலையமைப்பில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनैतिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

taklitçi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sosia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odtwórca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

імітатор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

imitator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

impersonator
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skepper
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

imitatör
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

imitator
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of impersonator

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPERSONATOR»

The term «impersonator» is regularly used and occupies the 58.719 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPERSONATOR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «impersonator» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «impersonator» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about impersonator

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7 QUOTES WITH «IMPERSONATOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word impersonator.
1
Simon Cowell
Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
2
Robert Loggia
An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God - that'd be a boring career. When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting... It's a challenge.
3
James McGreevey
When I came out publicly, some photo editors had a field day searching for pictures of me with a limp wrist or some other stereotypical gay signifier - as though, after decades in the public eye, they'd suddenly come across a trove of shots where I looked like a Cher impersonator.
4
Lisa Marie Presley
I wanted to come through with my own voice and, hopefully, have it affect people. I want people to know that I'm not an Elvis impersonator.
5
Gilda Radner
I'm not really an impersonator.
6
Andrea Riseborough
I think impersonation is a great art. It's something that I enjoy doing, in a frivolous and lighthearted way. But I don't flatter myself to think I'm an impersonator.
7
Michael Sheen
I'm not a Tony Blair impersonator.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPERSONATOR»

Discover the use of impersonator in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to impersonator and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Impersonator
Set against a Prohibition-era backdrop of speakeasies and vaudeville houses, Mary Miley’s Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition winner The Impersonator will delight readers with its elaborate mystery and ...
Mary Miley, 2013
2
Celebrity Life Can be a Drag: Confessions of a Female ...
Confessions of a female impersonator by Lady Sapphire Dior. This is an autobiography of a well-known female impersonator, describing the teenage years, the gay scene, the marriage, and much more.
Ryan Carrington, Sapphire Dior, 2008
3
The Impersonator
This is the story of two family members who become hopelessly infatuated with the same person. “The Impersonator was inspired by my time as a young singer coming up to London from the West Country and living and working in Soho,” ...
Ann Mann, 2011
4
Lucia Rising: Queen, Miss Mapp Including the Male ...
Three of Benson's Lucia stories. "Queen Lucia" was published in 1920, "Miss Mapp" in 1922 and "Lucia in London" in 1927. They are much-loved novels of provincial snobbery and became a successful television series.
E. F. Benson, 1991
5
The Great Impersonator! 99 Reasons To Dislike Abraham Lincoln
Those who think Abraham Lincoln was a likeable person should think again.
Lochlainn Seabrook, 2012
6
James Dean Transfigured: The Many Faces of Rebel Iconography
53 The impersonation phenomenon is another twist on our cultural obsession with simulacra, for it requires a major suspension of disbelief no matter how closely the impersonator resembles the original. Since people are not duped by ...
Claudia Springer, 2007
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Miss Mapp Including the Male Impersonator
This book also includes a Miss Mapp short story called "The Male Impersonator"
E. F. Benson, 2012
8
Flights of Fancy, Leaps of Faith: Children's Myths in ...
Undoubtedly, the fact that the Easter Bunny impersonator was speechless gave young children a more equal footing in the interaction than is the case with Santa Claus, since their own budding capacities for speech were untaxed. Rather than  ...
Cindy Dell Clark, 1998
9
E-Commerce and Intelligent Methods
One of the benefits of using trust matrices is that it limits an impersonator to make purchases only as much as the person whom is being impersonated could purchase. In other words, if the authorized person cannot purchase expensive goods, ...
Javier Segovia, Piotr S. Szczepaniak, Marian Niedzwiedzinski, 2002
10
Cahokia and the Archaeology of Power
The most commonly accepted symbolic association for the falcon-impersonator figure and forked-eye motif has been warfare. This is based both on ethnohistorical data and on the natural attributes of the peregrine falcon (Howard 1968: 43-45; ...
Thomas E. Emerson, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPERSONATOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term impersonator is used in the context of the following news items.
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Police warning public about impersonator acting as a sheriff's …
The impersonator then calls back a short time later directing the homeowner to buy a prepaid card in the amount of $6,500 and deliver it to a ... «KIRO Seattle, Jul 15»
2
Bill Clinton impersonator apologizes to de Blasio for Italian joke …
A professional Bill Clinton impersonator publicly apologized to Mayor Bill de Blasio Thursday for using an anti-Italian gangster stereotype while ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
3
Female impersonator's family speaks after murder verdict - WTSP.com
His stage name was Wanda, a 6-foot, 6-inch female impersonator who could crank out a performance just as big, until a gunman's bullet ... «WTSP 10 News, Jul 15»
4
WSP identifies possible cop impersonator | www.kirotv.com
"We don't want a police impersonator working out on our freeways. That's not safe for the public and it's not safe to us," added Trooper Jones. «KIRO Seattle, Jul 15»
5
is rhianna just another female impersonator? - Belfast Newsletter
As my son and I were flicking through television channels, we came across a re-run of The Two Ronnies. “This is what I watched when I was ... «Belfast Newsletter, Jul 15»
6
Heard in the halls: Bryant impersonator a star in Hoover
HOOVER, Ala. — Because SEC Media Days are in Alabama, Nick Saban was the star again on Wednesday. But the real star was a man ... «Gatorsports.com, Jul 15»
7
Keith Urban fan scammed by impersonator | WTKR.com
Norfolk, Va. – A Norfolk woman who is a huge Keith Urban fan made a Facebook post on the singer's page and now she is worried that her and ... «wtkr.com, Jul 15»
8
NBA Star Russell Westbrook Responds To Roasting Social Media …
So, when he came across this video of a social media impersonator, replicating his priceless reactions and expressions—and doing them well, ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
9
Police look For Impersonator Who Robbed OKC Woman
OKLAHOMA CITY -. Oklahoma City police are looking for an imposter after a woman reported being robbed by a man who knocked on her door ... «news9.com KWTV, Jul 15»
10
Watch Out for Police Impersonator Who Stopped Woman: ICYMI
A police impersonator stopped a car in Glen Burnie on the Fourth of July, and Anne Arundel County Police are warning drivers to be on alert for ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»

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