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
  • Coherent was a top performer in the S & P 500, rising 6%.
    Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 13 May 2026
  • The Colombian superstar will receive the International Artist Award of Excellence and take the stage as a performer at the 52nd American Music Awards later this month, CBS and Dick Clark Productions announced on Wednesday.
    Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • Other special guests at Hart’s roast included Venus and Serena Williams, Lizzo and Tom Brady, as well as a roster of comedians and actors including Tony Hinchliffe, Pete Davidson, Draymond Green, Tiffany Haddish, Sheryl Underwood, Regina Hall and Na’im Lynn.
    Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 11 May 2026
  • Other pictures feature Albert playing with his younger brothers while Gere looks on, as well as some snaps of the actor's younger sons finding flowers in the rain.
    Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • The Crunchyroll Anime Awards will take place on May 23, hosted by entertainer Jon Kabira and voice actress Sally Amaki.
    Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 14 May 2026
  • And that is not even touching on all the unsettling racial humor that came with having Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchliffe — two comedians who have actually faced backlash for hate speech — on the dais for the roast of a Black entertainer.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
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
  • The awards show is set for March 31, with stand-up comedian, actor and impressionist Matt Friend as host.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • By early 1985, IBM—the computing giant that dominated corporate America—and its imitators had captured nearly half the personal computer market, up from about a third just months earlier.
    Geoffrey Cain, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
  • Well, actually the worst thing would be to have a — a really good imitator of any president that came along.
    Alex Crippen, CNBC, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • The celebration features food and music, a bocce tournament, an Elvis Presley impersonator, pizza acrobatics and more.
    Finch Walker, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • Police impersonator in Harford County This incident comes nearly a week after a man was arrested in Harford County for impersonating an officer in a shopping center.
    JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 8 May 2026
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“Personator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personator. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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