Sim"u*lar (?), n. [Cf. L. simulator, F. simulateur. See Simulate.]

One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender.

[Obs.]

Shak.

Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchers. Tyndale.

 

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Sim"u*lar, a.

False; specious; counterfeit.

[R. & Obs.] "Thou simular man of virtue."

Shak.

 

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