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Meanings of faker in English

Portuguese
impostor
Catalan
farsant
Spanish
impostor

A person who makes deceitful pretenses.

impostor
Usage of faker in English
1
Ailbhe Malone decides if she is a faker or a shaker.
The Irish Times
2
If his shock was faked, he was a damn good faker.
The godfather of kathmandu
3
He was playing the violin for a faker on the town common this afternoon.
Walter Sherwood's Probation
4
The judges can see you're faker than a knockoff Vuitton.
Unbelievable
5
He's the faker! He pulled on York's muttonchops, yanking him down to the floor.
The hunchback assignments
6
You will oblige me by not calling me a faker.
Walter Sherwood's Probation
7
So I felt like a little bit of a faker.
The new yorker
8
Still, maybe there's hope for this former faker yet.
The Guardian
9
The nature-faker would analyze what went on in Glen's brain somewhat in the following fashion.
Revolution, and Other Essays
10
In this case, however, the faker was so sure of that that he was careless.
The Poisoned Pen
11
So buck up, me boy, and come in and view the biggest faker in journalism.
Greener Than You Think
12
Of course Dr. Munro nowhere suggests that any excavator is the guilty "faker."
The Clyde Mystery / a Study in Forgeries and Folklore
13
Despite his sombre demeanour, the chancellor is either a fantasist or a faker on spending.
The Guardian
14
You're a nature faker. Herrick refused to be diverted.
The Nature Faker
15
Twitch, you're a pompous old faker, a stuffed shirt.
The Door Into Summer
16
The boys called him a great faker, but they were hardly just to him in that.
The Making of an American
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