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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hochstapler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɔxˈʂtap.lɛr/
- Rhymes: -aplɛr
- Syllabification: hoch‧sztap‧ler
Noun
hochsztapler m pers (female equivalent hochsztaplerka, related adjective hochsztaplerski)
- blagger, charlatan, con artist, grifter, huckster, hustler, mountebank, scammer, scrounger, swindler (someone who pulls confidence games)
- Synonym: naciągacz
- Hypernym: oszust
Declension
Declension of hochsztapler
Derived terms
Further reading
- hochsztapler in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- hochsztapler in Polish dictionaries at PWN