great masquerader

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the great masquerader (plural great masqueraders)

  1. Synonym of great imitator
    • 1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
      Catapano does not stand alone in his view that symptoms of syphilis, known as "medicine's great masquerader," are often mistaken for those of HIV infection.