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personator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɜɹsəˌneɪtəɹ/ (General-American)
• /ˈpɜːsəˌneɪtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From personate + -or.

Meanings

1. One who personates.
   • If a man be sitting, let him do so as a personator of the deceased; if he be standing, let him do so (reverently), as in sacrificing. 1855, James Legge (trans.), The Lî Kî (Book of Rites), page 62:
   • the personators of these actions 1606, Ben Jonson, Hymenaei:

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