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UK
/ˈɪmɪtˌeɪtɐ/
]
[ US /ˈɪməˌteɪtɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈɪməˌteɪtɝ/ ]
NOUN
- someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
- someone who copies the words or behavior of another
How To Use imitator In A Sentence
- Only ten pages later Book 10 will call the imitator “third from the king Plato's Aesthetics
- My favorite imitator, the Hinckley columbine, is like a butter-yellow, otherworldly bird.
- Even rock fans have been amazed by The Decemberists' rapid progression from likeable imitators to true originals.
- If this does not work the second step is to continue these drugs and add a weak synthetic opium imitator such as codeine or oxycodone.
- Nowlan's comic strip was widely popular, running for decades and spawning a host of imitators.
- With billions in federal dough available for new KIPP stores and their chains of imitators, the plan is coming together to convert poor children to future-focused corpuscular automatons. Archive 2009-04-01
- We must not forget that the imitators were those who decided which characteristics typified realism.
- To end on a nicer note, imitation is flattery -- especially when the imitator is a 3-year-old dressed up for church fall festival. CNN Transcript Nov 3, 2008
- He was prolific - his signature is known on more than 50 vases - and inspired many pupils and imitators.
- Western models were often followed; mods and rockers, skinheads, punks, and hippies all found their Soviet imitators.