poser

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Four hundred years on, the poser is as tricky as ever.

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  1. noun One who poses.
  2. noun A poseur.
  3. noun A baffling question or problem.

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  • One successful poser was a gym rat from Brooklyn who called himself Chris Paciello. —  Alanat News
  • But because the poser is Miley Cyrus, and because Asian Americans love to get mad at things, someone somewhere had to demand an apology. —  Chinalyst - China blogs in English
  • For the poser, you need to help them be more realistic. —  studentlinc
  • Why is this "poser" allowed into what is supposed to be a "Conservative" publication? —  Latest Articles
  • I feel a little like a poser when I say I like their movies. —  Saturday Morning Movie Club
 

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/ˈpoʊzər/
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