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POSER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
Synonyms:
poser; sticker; stumper; toughie
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("poser" is a kind of...):
problem (a question raised for consideration or solution)
Derivation:
pose (be a mystery or bewildering to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
Example:
the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos
Synonyms:
model; poser
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("poser" is a kind of...):
assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poser"):
artist's model; sitter (a person who poses for a painter or sculptor)
dressmaker's model (someone who models dresses)
photographer's model (a model who poses for photographers)
Derivation:
pose (assume a posture as for artistic purposes)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
Synonyms:
poser; poseur
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("poser" is a kind of...):
exhibitionist; show-off (someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poser"):
poseuse (a woman poseur)
Derivation:
pose (pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions)
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