Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who impersonates.
Wiktionary
- n. One who fraudulently impersonates another person.
- n. Entertainer whose act is based upon performing impressions of others.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
Etymologies
- From impersonate + -or. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Twain impersonator Richard Garey presents a one-man show in the Planters Barn Theater Monday-Saturday, May 29-Sept. 7 (plus sporadic performances in May); $16 adults; $14, children. 573-231-0021; heritagestage. com”
“Mark Twain impersonator Richard Garey with two sets of Tom Sawyers and Becky Thatchers in Hannibal, Mo., to mark the 100th anniversary of the author's death on April 21.”
“Or Richard Garey, a 30-year Twain impersonator, who at the moment is leaning on the white picket fence outside the author's boyhood home, his ice cream suit impeccable, his bushy white hair stiff with hairspray.”
“Tina Fey, Emmy award-winning star of "30 Rock" and noted Sarah Palin impersonator on "Saturday Night Live," has proved she can convincingly play a number of roles as an actress.”
“A Hollywood wookiee impersonator is accused of head-butting a tour guide.”
“Next I'm going to write "Going Rouge," a memoir about me as a Sarah Palin impersonator.”
“A Chewbacca impersonator was arrested in L.A. after being accused of head-butting a Hollywood tour guide.”
“A Chewbacca impersonator was arrested in L.A. after being accused of head-butting a Hollywood tour guide.”
“John Brown's ode to Sarah Palin (the impersonator is a hottie)”
“We have a cause, which bonds us all together - and politics don't come into that, whatever the 'impersonator' claims!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘impersonator’.
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Elvis
Elvis Aaron Presley, Elvis Aron Presley, Elvis Presley, Elvis, elvis, the king, bubba, Sun Records, meeting with Nixon, blue suede shoes, Elvis Costello, graceland and 44 more...
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Not Quite The Real Thang
masquerade, sham, counterfeit, shyster, phoney, bogus, pseudo, artificial, fabricated, mock, concocted, false and 158 more...
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Spelling Bee list 2011
Abalone, ablution, absolution, aboriginally, abstemious, academician, acclamation, accommodation, acculturation, acetic, acetone, acme and 590 more...
Tweets
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chained_bear Sarah Palin is actually impersonating Tina Fey. (IMO, badly.) Oct 22, 2008
bilby Could be, yarb. I'll have to try to find some online video of this impersonator, sounds good. Oct 22, 2008
yarb In the absence of evidence to support, I think this is bollocks. Tina Fey's Palin is brilliant, but the number of votes it changes will be minuscule. Oct 22, 2008
bilby "Political scientist Jerald Podair tells the New York Post: 'Presidential impersonators do influence elections, and in this one, Tina Fey is well on her way to ruining Sarah Palin's political career. In a political culture that takes its cues from popular culture, a good impersonator may be worth a million votes.'"
- 'Fey Blamed For 'Ruining' Palin's Reputation', wenn.com, 13 Oct 2008. Oct 22, 2008