personator

Definition of personatornext
as in performer
a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect the science museum hired an Albert Einstein personator to greet guests for its special exhibit on the scientist

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Noun
  • Naturally, growing up around music and holding onto my love of it, becoming a singer and performer came naturally.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Almost every great performer is at some point in their life delusional.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Pacino and Hopkins have both won best actor Academy Awards (two prizes in the case of the Welsh icon), and Moresco won a best original screenplay Oscar for Crash in 2005.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
  • On the development and production side, Lumicraft’s AI casting tool Castlink pairs actor discovery with contracting and settlement, while Reproduction’s Pre-Flow handles screenplay analysis and production data sharing.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Three additional cuts by the powerhouse entertainer have broken into the top 10 without soaring all the way to the summit.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The 30-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, learned on Friday that prosecutors intend to try him for a second time on the charges.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The black and white photographs work especially well hung just a wall away from the Impressionists, many of who also work in black and white and concentrate on the slightest shadows.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2026
  • My first visit was in 1995 for a retrospective of 19th century Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte.
    David Allen, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • No wonder More had so many imitators, who set about busily redrawing their own maps of the world.
    Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026
  • That’s because success begets imitators eager to compete away profits.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • On a typical day this July, around four Roosevelt impersonators were roaming the streets, identifiable by their mustaches, stout bellies, and dispensing of homespun wisdom.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Topline An impersonator pretending to be White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles exchanged messages with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, according to multiple reports, the latest incident of someone posing as Wiles contacting a powerful figure.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
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“Personator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personator. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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