From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
faker \fak"er\, n. [Sometimes erroneously written fakir.]
1. One who fakes something; as
(a) a thief.
(b), a peddler of petty things.
(c) a workman who dresses things up. [Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses.
Syn: imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, fraud, sham,
pseudo, pseud, role player.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faker
n 1: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: {imposter},
{impostor}, {pretender}, {fake}, {faker}, {fraud}, {sham},
{shammer}, {pseudo}, {pseud}, {role player}]
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