pos·er1 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pzr)
n.
One who poses.
A poseur.
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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poser
\Pos"er\, n. One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact. --Bacon.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
poser
n 1: a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not [syn: poseur] 2: a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos" [syn: model] 3: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem [syn: stumper, toughie]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
poser
n. A wannabee; not hacker slang, but used among
crackers, phreaks and warez d00dz. Not as negative as lamer or
leech. Probably derives from a similar usage among punk-rockers
and metalheads, putting down those who "talk the talk but don't walk
the walk".