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noun

Counterfeiter n.

One who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; especially, one who copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger. "The coin which was corrupted by counterfeiters."

One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses. "Counterfeiters of devotion."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Counterfeiter" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the same year we paused to close the chapters of Jerry McCauley's life, a man who had risen from the depths of crime and sin—a different sort of man from Bishop Simpson. He was born in the home of a counterfeiter. He became a thief, an outlaw. By an influence that many consider obsolete and old-fashioned, he became converted, and was recognised by the best men and women in New York and Brooklyn. I knew McCauley. ...

— T. De Witt Talmage - As I Knew Him • T. De Witt Talmage

... searching for him to put him in jail, and that was the reason he had come back in such a hurry and carried off his poor sick wife. Aunt Izzie cried with mortification, when she heard this. She said she thought it was a disgrace that Katy should have been visiting in a counterfeiter's family. But Dr. Carr only laughed. He told Aunt Izzie that he didn't think that kind of crime was catching, and as for Mrs. Spenser, she was much to be pitied. But Aunt Izzie could not get over her vexation, and every now and then, when she was vexed, she would ...

— What Katy Did • Susan Coolidge

Words linked to "Counterfeiter" : cheat, counterfeit, paperhanger, cheater, beguiler, forger, deceiver, trickster, coiner