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# impostor

«impostor» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who pretends to be someone else in order to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural impostors)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «impostor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impostor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.