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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PO'SER, n. One that puzzles by asking difficult questions; a close examiner.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not [syn: poseur, poser]
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, poser]
3: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem [syn: poser, stumper, toughie, sticker]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: ³pose Date: 1793 a puzzling or baffling question II. noun Etymology: ¹pose Date: 1888 a person who poses

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person who poses (see POSE(1) v. 3). 2 a puzzling question or problem.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Poser Pos"er, n. One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact. --Bacon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(posers) 1. A poser is the same as a poseur. N-COUNT [disapproval] 2. A poser is a difficult problem or puzzle. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) Here is a little poser for you. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Puzzler, close examiner. 2. Riddle, enigma, mystery, knotty point.

Moby Thesaurus

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