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# impostor

noun (plural impostors)

«impostor» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An impostor is a person who pretends to be someone else in order to cheat people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impostor/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a false man who claims to be a lord or a weaver and tricks a king for money

### Examples

- The impostor said he was a prince. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impostor/#x1)
- The king was fooled by two impostors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impostor/#x2)
- Do not trust the impostor; he is a liar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impostor/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «impostor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impostor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«impostor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/impostor.html) on Mova free.