impostor.
Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
Meaning & usage
Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
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Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French imposteur, respelled in the Latin manner; ultimately from Latin impositor, agent form of Latin imponere (“to impose”).
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