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prevaricator
CIDE DICTIONARY
prevaricator, n. [L. praevaricator: cf. F. prévaricateur.].
- One who prevaricates. [1913 Webster]
- A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a sham prosecution. [1913 Webster]
- One who betrays or abuses a trust. Prynne. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
prevaricator
Ananias, Baron Munchausen, Father of Lies, Satan, Sir John Mandeville, captious critic, caviler, consummate liar, dirty liar, equivocator, fabricator, fabulist, false witness, falsifier, fibber, fibster, habitual liar, hairsplitter, hedger, liar, mystificator, mystifier, mythomaniac, nitpicker, obscurantist, palterer, pathological liar, perjurer, pettifogger, picayune critic, pseudologist, pseudologue, pussyfoot, pussyfooter, quibbler, shuffler, spinner of yarns, storyteller, tergiversator, yarn spinner, yarnerFor further exploring for "prevaricator" in Webster Dictionary Online