Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female impostor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A woman who imposes upon or deceives others.
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- noun A
female impostor .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A smile came to my face at the suggestion of that celebrated adventuress and mysterious impostress who had figured in the annals of Washington -- a fair Italian, so the rumor ran, who had come to this country to set up a claim, upon our credulity at least, as to being the descendant of none less than Amerigo Vespucci himself!
54-40 or Fight Emerson Hough 1890
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‘impostress’, ‘buildress’, ‘intrudress’ (all in Fuller); ‘favouress’
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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"Away with the old impostress!" exclaimed the stranger; "I will have none of her!
The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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