personator
- a word derived from personate.
Example Sentences
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How completely is it here fulfilled! for when we discover that the personator of Henrico is meant for an Adonis, we are astonished.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841 by Various
In this, as in similar cases, it was clearly unnecessary that the personator of the live Lothario of the first four acts should remain upon the stage to represent his dead body in the fifth.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Cook, Dutton
The supposed personator of the King was unquestionably an unprincipled time-server.
From Life of John Milton by Garnett, Richard
She was no repeater or false personator, or probably she would not be persecuted, and certainly she would be pardoned.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
The personator is therefore in this dilemma: if he wears actual spectacles, he cannot see through them; if he wears sham spectacles of plain glass, his disguise will probably be detected.
From The Mystery of 31 New Inn by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)
