counterfeitern.
/ˈkaʊntəfɪtə/, /ˈkaʊntəfiːtə/, U.S. /ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌfɪdər/ One who counterfeits: see the verb.
1. One who makes fraudulent imitations (of coins, seals, documents, etc.); a forger; spec. a maker of counterfeit coins, a coiner.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > one who forges or falsifies
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falsary1435
forger1552
mangonist1605
forgerer1607
falsificator1609
duffer1735
fabricator1795
faker1819
penman1865
society > trade and finance > money > counterfeiting > [noun] > person who
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false-bullera1400
money-makerc1450
multipliera1500
counterfeiter1534
false-coiner1574
coiner1578
counterfeit1606
ben-feaker1612
venter1629
voucher1673
falsifiera1682
utterer1731
figure-dancer1796
boodler1872
paper-pusher1928
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iii. xvii. 144 A..counter~fetere of seles.
1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 6. §6 The counterfeiters of any coyne currant within this realme.
1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 203 Coyne which was corrupted by counterfeitours.
1697 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 269 The counterfeiters of the exchequer bills.
1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 60 To baffle the skill of the counterfeiter.
2. One who imitates (a person or an action) with intent to deceive; a pretender, dissembler.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > one who or that which dissembles
feigner1382
pseudo1402
simular1526
simuler1534
colourer1554
counterfeiter1561
truphane1568
counterfeit1574
put-forth1581
pretender1583
impostor1586
idol1590
would-be1607
phantasm1622
farce1696
imposture1699
Barmecide1713
simulator1835
fraud1850
sham1850
fake1855
swindle1858
shammer1861
make-believe1863
hoax1869
economizer1874
make-believer1884
ringer1896
phoney1902
faker1910
shill1976
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 16 Satan is in many thinges a counterfaiter of God.
1567 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) iii. iv. f. 97 He can not be a true seruer of god..but..a counterfaiter of gods seruice.
1575 W. Fulke Confut. Doctr. Purgatory (1577) 170 That..shamelesse counterfector, that calleth him selfe..Bishop of Ierusalem.
1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 224 A counterfetter and dissembler.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cafard, an hypocrite; a counterfeiter of, or dissembler in, religion.
1719 J. Richardson Art Crit. 185 To know whether a Picture be of..such a Master..: The best Counterfeiter of Hands cannot do it so well as to deceive a good Connoisseur.
3. An imitator (with no sense of deceit).
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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > one who or that which imitates
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imitator1523
counterfeiter1526
counterfeitress1577
ape1594
imitatrix1606
emulator1652
figurer1665
mime1677
copier1679
copist1682
mimicker1693
copyist1756
mimic1791
polygraph1794
polygraphic1797
polygrapher1810
echoer1823
imitatressa1834
me-too1886
copycat1896
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Eph. v. 1 Be ye counterfeters of God.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxiiv No man hathe sene a better counterfaytor or player in any Comedie or Tragedie.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. i. 1 A Poet..is both a maker and a counterfaitor.
1866 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 4) xiii. 504 The counterfeiters have changed their dress.
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