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poser

/ˈpoʊzɚ/

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What does poser mean?

noun

  1. A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
  2. Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.
  3. Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
More meanings (2)

proper noun

  1. A surname from German

noun

  1. (derogatory, slang) A poseur (one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others); a fake fan.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpoʊzɚ/

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Buttner, thinking to punish him for his audacity, put a 'poser' to him, and awaited the result.
John MunroHeroes of the TelegraphProject Gutenberg ebook #979
A book rich in observations as well as experience, though Jones was a poser.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
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She should have gone to some other dentist; the young fellow on the corner, for instance, the poser, the rider of bicycles, the courser of grey-hounds.
Frank NorrisMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProject Gutenberg ebook #165
She was pretty, graceful, rich in the timidity born of uncertainty, and with a something childlike in her large eyes which captured the fancy of this starched and conventional poser among men.
Theodore DreiserSister Carrie: A NovelProject Gutenberg ebook #233