imitator en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From French imitateur, derived from Latin imitātor, equivalent to imitate + -or.
Meanings
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A person who imitates or apes another.
Chalk it up to the government’s revelations in recent years about UFOs, or maybe just the pendulum swinging back, again, after “The X-Files” inspired a host of imitators in the 1990s.
2021 October 22, Brian Lowry, “TV OT: The aliens are coming! The aliens are coming! Plus: ‘Curb’ and ‘Insecure’ return”, in CNN:Other far-right sites would gravitate to Epik. Among the first to announce its migration in early 2019 was BitChute, a YouTube imitator that had been blocked by PayPal.
2021 December 9, Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, “Epik is a refuge for the deplatformed far right. Here’s why its CEO insists on doing it”, in CNN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| imitatour | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| imitators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
imitatorship · imitatress · great imitator
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (44)
hu majmoló (one who imitates another) · id peniru (one who imitates another) · hit 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀠𒇷𒀸 (one who imitates another) · it imitatore (one who imitates another) · de Echo (one who imitates another) · de Nachsprecher (one who imitates another) · pl imitatorka (one who imitates another) · la imitātrix (one who imitates another) · es imitador (one who imitates another) · ru подража́тель (one who imitates another) · ga aithriseoir (one who imitates another) · de Papageiin (one who imitates another) · de Epigone (one who imitates another) · hu epigon (one who imitates another) · la simulātor (one who imitates another) · ru имита́тор (one who imitates another) · la imitātor (one who imitates another) · de Nachahmer (one who imitates another) · pl imitator (one who imitates another) · de Papagei (one who imitates another) · de Nachäfferin (one who imitates another) · sv imitatör (one who imitates another) · grc μιμητής (one who imitates another) · de Nachahmerin (one who imitates another) · fr imitateur (one who imitates another) · ko 모방자 (one who imitates another) · nb imitator (one who imitates another) · ja 模倣者 (one who imitates another) · pl naśladowczyni (one who imitates another) · de Nachsprecherin (one who imitates another) · eo imitanto (one who imitates another) · de Nachbeter (t-, de, Nachbeterin) (one who imitates another) · nl imitator (one who imitates another) · hu utánzó (one who imitates another) · ja 亜流 (one who imitates another) · pl naśladowca (one who imitates another) · de Epigonin (one who imitates another) · de Nachäffer (one who imitates another) · ca imitador (one who imitates another) · hu imitátor (one who imitates another) · nn imitator (one who imitates another) · bcl arog-arog (one who imitates another) · fi matkija (one who imitates another) · el μιμητής (one who imitates another)