personatorn.
/ˈpəːsəneɪtə/, /ˈpəːsn̩eɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpərsnˌeɪdər/ A person who personates another, an impersonator; an actor or literary character. Also: a personification.
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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > personification > [noun] > a personification
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personator1622
impersonification1784
impersonization1796
impersonation1797
personification1807
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > one who or that which dissembles > assuming persona
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1622 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge: 2nd Bk. ix. 150 Two principall and vnfortunate Personators, who both haue mournefull parts to act vpon the stage and Theatre of Nice.
1675 J. Crown Calisto (front matter) The persons of the play... The personators.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. i. 5 The author..leaves to the personators of the scenes only the trouble of finding enunciation and action.
1863 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtoniana II. 160 In the drama William Tell is the personator of the Swiss liberties.
1894 ‘A. Hope’ Prisoner of Zenda xiv. 193 It is perhaps as strange a thing as has ever been..that the king's brother and the king's personator..should wage a desperate war for the person and life of the king.
1903 J. Davidson Knight of Maypole iii. 74 A personator must always rely on likeness.
1983 Daily Tel. 10 June 1/4 Party workers can spend weeks..recruiting personators who will go to endless trouble to disguise themselves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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