poser Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
    poseur.
  2. noun a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
    model.
    • the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos
  3. noun a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
    toughie; sticker; stumper.

WordNet


Pos"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact. Bacon.

Webster 1913