shammer

 [sham-er]  

sham·mer

   [sham-er]
noun
a person who shams.
Origin:
1670–80; sham + -er1
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sham (ʃæm)
 
—n
1.  anything that is not what it purports or appears to be
2.  something false, fake, or fictitious that purports to be genuine
3.  a person who pretends to be something other than he is
 
—adj
4.  counterfeit or false; simulated
 
—vb , shams, shamming, shammed
5.  to falsely assume the appearance of (something); counterfeit: to sham illness
 
[C17: perhaps a Northern English dialect variant of shame]
 
'shammer
 
—n

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