Poseur

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Poseur \Po`seur"\, n. masc.; pl. {Poseurs}, Poseuse \Po`seuse"\,
     n. fem.; pl. {Poseuses}, [F.]
     A person who poses or attitudizes, esp. mentally.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  poseur
       n : a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
           [syn: {poser}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "poseur":
     ape, attitudinarian, attitudinizer, blagueur, bluff, bluffer,
     charlatan, conformist, copier, copycat, copyist, counterfeiter,
     cuckoo, dissembler, dissimulator, echo, echoer, echoist,
     exhibitionist, fake, faker, forger, fourflusher, fraud, humbug,
     hypocrite, imitator, impersonator, impostor, malingerer,
     masquerader, mime, mimer, mimic, mimicker, mocker, mockingbird,
     monkey, mountebank, parrot, phony, plagiarist, poll-parrot, polly,
     polly-parrot, poser, posture maker, posturer, posturist, pretender,
     quack, quacksalver, quackster, ringer, saltimbanco, sham, shammer,
     sheep, show-off, simulator, striker of poses