poseur

noun [C]

/ˈpəʊ.zər/

/ˈpoʊ.zɚ/ (also poser) disapproving

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› someone who pretends to be something they are not, or to have qualities that they do not have: You look like a real poseur in your fancy sports car!Kinds of menMen and women

(Definition of poseur noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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