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masqueraders

noun

plural of masquerader
as in maskers

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  1. posers
  2. actors
  3. impressionists
  4. imitators
Noun
  • Get paid, hang out like the rest of these posers.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • Costumed reporters and awkward celebrity posers.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Definition of posers
Noun
  • Less than a week before production started, Bonilla lost the actors who were originally playing Principal Brady and Abigail.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Dumont worked with a cast of non-professional actors, adopting a documentary-like approach to the film, shot against the cliffs and open waters of the Mediterranean.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of actors
Noun
  • Upstairs, impressionists, writers, socialites, and painters who moved in Proust’s orbit, from Sarah Bernhardt to Emile Zola and Claude Monet, lent their names to a room or suite.
    — Lindsey Tramuta, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of impressionists
Noun
  • Few people on the continent seem to recognize that multibillion investments by US companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Amazon in space, and their many imitators in China, are radically transforming spaceflight.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
  • An exemplary script and dashes of stylish direction set this ’90s favorite apart from myriad Tarantino imitators.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of imitators
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