posturer

"Honestly, I was expecting to see that pimple-faced posturer of a subaltern who's been trying to question me."

Mr. Hall is still a musician, but he is not a political posturer or dabbler.

If only Napoleon were only a vain posturer with a gift, for seducing the loyalty of his betters.

Jim Murphy is the latest posturer, saying Labour should "avoid a populist approach" and earn economic credibility by conceding some cuts.

Besides, when you were walking out to meet Fermius, did you notice that red-headed Greek posturer making passes at you?"

But political negotiations in Washington inevitably involve posturing, and Senator Stevens has stepped forward as this season's Pagliacci of a posturer.

Many New Yorkers were surprised to see the man whom they had put down as noisemaker, posturer and hustler in an altogether different role when he ran in the 1992 Democratic senatorial primary.

In 1864, at the age of four, Leno joined his parents on stage for the first time, at the Cosmotheca Music Hall in Paddington, under the billing "Little George, the Infant Wonder, Contortionist, and Posturer".