poseur

[ poh-zur; French paw-zœr ]

/ poʊˈzɜr; French pɔˈzœr /

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noun, plural po·seurs [poh-zurz; French paw-zœr]. /poʊˈzɜrz; French pɔˈzœr/.

a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.

Origin of poseur

From French, dating back to 1880–85; see origin at pose¹, -eur

Words nearby poseur

Posadas, pose, Poseidon, Posen, poser, poseur, posey, posh, posho, posigrade rocket, posit

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Example sentences from the Web for poseur

Mr. Bellton was at heart the poseur, but he was also the fighter.
The Key to Yesterday|Charles Neville Buck
He is a poseur with borrowed manners, flamboyant, a quack medicine man of the market place.
The Moving Finger|E. Phillips Oppenheim
He was not a poseur; he was merely sensitively conscious of himself and of life as an art.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition|Robert Louis Stevenson
It is an awful thing when a poseur ceases to pose, when an egoist becomes a human being.
The Romance of His Life|Mary Cholmondeley

“The poseur, never out of his rle,” murmured his audience there.
The Missourian|Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle

British Dictionary definitions for poseur

poseur

/ (pəʊˈzɜː) /

noun

a person who strikes an attitude or assumes a pose in order to impress others

Word Origin for poseur

C19: from French, from poser to pose 1

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单词	poseur
释义	poseur [ poh-zur; French paw-zœr ] / poʊˈzɜr; French pɔˈzœr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR poseur ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural po·seurs [poh-zurz; French paw-zœr]. /poʊˈzɜrz; French pɔˈzœr/. a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one. Origin of poseur From French, dating back to 1880–85; see origin at pose¹, -eur Words nearby poseur Posadas, pose, Poseidon, Posen, poser, poseur, posey, posh, posho, posigrade rocket, posit Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for poseur Mr. Bellton was at heart the poseur, but he was also the fighter. The Key to Yesterday\|Charles Neville Buck He is a poseur with borrowed manners, flamboyant, a quack medicine man of the market place. The Moving Finger\|E. Phillips Oppenheim He was not a poseur; he was merely sensitively conscious of himself and of life as an art. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition\|Robert Louis Stevenson It is an awful thing when a poseur ceases to pose, when an egoist becomes a human being. The Romance of His Life\|Mary Cholmondeley “The poseur, never out of his rle,” murmured his audience there. The Missourian\|Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle British Dictionary definitions for poseur poseur / (pəʊˈzɜː) / noun a person who strikes an attitude or assumes a pose in order to impress others Word Origin for poseur C19: from French, from poser to pose 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to poseur pretender, hypocrite, mimic, imposter
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poseur

noun, plural po·seurs [poh-zurz; French paw-zœr]. /poʊˈzɜrz; French pɔˈzœr/.

Origin of poseur

Words nearby poseur

Example sentences from the Web for poseur

British Dictionary definitions for poseur

noun

Word Origin for poseur

Words related to poseur