FAKER

imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player

(noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

faker (plural fakers)

One who fakes something.

An impostor or impersonator.

(obsolete) A thief.

(obsolete) A peddler of petty things.

(obsolete) A workman who dresses things up.

Anagrams

• freak

Source: Wiktionary

Fak"er, n. [Often erroneously written fakir.]

Definition: One who fakes something, as a thief, a peddler of petty things, a workman who dresses things up, etc. [Slang]

FAKE

Fake, n. Etym: [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS. fæc space, interval, G. fach compartment, partition, row, and E. fay to fit.] (Naut.)

Definition: One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Fake, v. t. (Naut.)

Definition: To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out. Faking box, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.

Fake, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Gael. faigh to get, acquire, reach, or OD. facken to catch or gripe.] [Slang in all its senses.]

1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

2. To make; to construct; to do.

3. To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.

Fake, n.

Definition: A trick; a swindle. [Slang]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition