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English
Etymology
From counterfeit + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌfɪtə(ɹ)/
Noun
counterfeiter (plural counterfeiters)
- A person who counterfeits.
1910 January 8, “Family Theater”, in The Butte Inter Mountain, volume XXVIII, number 304, Butte, Mont., page 10, column 1:Sensations abound in this exciting melodramatic production dealing with the life of a French adventureress, madly in love with a counterfeiter, whom she betrays when she learns he has secretly wedded a famous female detective, only to aid him to escape when the officers are about to arrest him.
2000 August 1, Clay Chandler, “A Golden Goose in Red China? Entrepreneur Bets Millions That Foie Gras Will Fatten Export Figures”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 August 2017:Early offerings--many of them packaged in sultry covers featuring buxom women in silk pajamas--were huge sellers. But when copycats and counterfeiters drove down margins, Chan switched to real estate, snapping up 200 acres of land in the city of Guigang and erecting dozens of office towers and residential developments. Among his most ambitious recent projects: a luxury Guigang housing complex dubbed "Wealthy Persons' New Town."
Translations
a person who counterfeits