doppelganger

  1. Noun.  A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.
  2. Noun.  An evil twin.
  3. Noun.  A remarkably similar double.
  4. Noun.  A person who has the same name as another.
  5. Noun.  A fantastic monster that takes the forms of people, usually after killing them.

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