• (RP) IPA: /ɪmˈpɒstə/
• (America) IPA: /ɪmˈpɑstɚ/

impostor (plural impostors)

1. Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855 ↗:

     “I said he had a criminal face.” “He can't help his face.” “He can help being a crook and an impostor. Calls himself a butler, does he? The police could shake that story. He's no more a butler than I am.”

2. (computer graphics) A sprite or animation integrated into a three-dimensional scene, but not based on an actual 3D model.

• impersonator
• See also Thesaurus:deceiver

• French: imposteur, impostrice
• German: Hochstapler, Betrüger
• Italian: impostore
• Portuguese: impostor, impostora
• Russian: самозва́нец
• Spanish: impostor, impostora