imitatorn.

/ˈɪmɪteɪtə/

Forms: Also 1500s imm-, 1500s–1600s -our, -er.

Etymology: < French imitateur (14th cent.), < Latin imitātōr-em , agent-noun < imitārī to imitate v.

One who imitates, copies, or follows another; one who produces an imitation of anything. Also transferred of things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > one who or that which imitates

followera1398

imitator1523

counterfeiter1526

counterfeitress1577

ape1594

imitatrix1606

emulator1652

figurer1665

mime1677

copier1679

copist1682

mimicker1693

copyist1756

mimic1791

polygraph1794

polygraphic1797

polygrapher1810

echoer1823

imitatressa1834

me-too1886

copycat1896

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. Pref. (1812) I. D ij In semblable wyse dyd his imytator, noble duke Theseus.

?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Giij^v, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens Medycyne ought to be immytatour..of nature.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xvii. 102 b This they doe to shew themselves true immitatours of their Prophet.

1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur v. 144 Let your bright Virtues Imitators draw.

a1832 J. Bentham Man. Pol. Econ. in Wks. (1843) III. 71 In new inventions, protection against imitators is not less necessary than in established manufactures protection against thieves.

1866 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 4) xiii. 504 We never find an imitator living remote from the form which it counterfeits.

Derivatives

ˈimiˌtatorship n. the office of an imitator.

ΚΠ

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. ix. sig. G8 When to seruile imitatorship Some spruce Athenian pen is prentized, Tis worse then Apish.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	imitator
释义	imitatorn. /ˈɪmɪteɪtə/ Forms: Also 1500s imm-, 1500s–1600s -our, -er. Etymology: < French imitateur (14th cent.), < Latin imitātōr-em , agent-noun < imitārī to imitate v. One who imitates, copies, or follows another; one who produces an imitation of anything. Also transferred of things. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > one who or that which imitates followera1398 imitator1523 counterfeiter1526 counterfeitress1577 ape1594 imitatrix1606 emulator1652 figurer1665 mime1677 copier1679 copist1682 mimicker1693 copyist1756 mimic1791 polygraph1794 polygraphic1797 polygrapher1810 echoer1823 imitatressa1834 me-too1886 copycat1896 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. Pref. (1812) I. D ij In semblable wyse dyd his imytator, noble duke Theseus. ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Giij^v, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens Medycyne ought to be immytatour..of nature. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xvii. 102 b This they doe to shew themselves true immitatours of their Prophet. 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur v. 144 Let your bright Virtues Imitators draw. a1832 J. Bentham Man. Pol. Econ. in Wks. (1843) III. 71 In new inventions, protection against imitators is not less necessary than in established manufactures protection against thieves. 1866 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 4) xiii. 504 We never find an imitator living remote from the form which it counterfeits. Derivatives ˈimiˌtatorship n. the office of an imitator. ΚΠ 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. ix. sig. G8 When to seruile imitatorship Some spruce Athenian pen is prentized, Tis worse then Apish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1523
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