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Definition of Prevaricator
1. Noun. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
Specialized synonyms: Ananias
Generic synonyms: Beguiler, Cheat, Cheater, Deceiver, Slicker, Trickster
Specialized synonyms: False Witness, Perjurer, Fabricator, Fibber, Storyteller
Derivative terms: Lie, Prevaricate
Antonyms: Square Shooter
Definition of Prevaricator
1. n. One who prevaricates.
Definition of Prevaricator
1. Noun. Agent noun of prevaricate; one who prevaricates. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prevaricator
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevaricator
Literary usage of Prevaricator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Classified and Explained: With Practical Exercises by George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed (1847)
"The object of the prevaricator is to escape detection ; that of the equivocator
is to deceive his questioner. The prevaricator shuffles; the equivocator ..."
2. English Synonymes Classified and Explained: With Practical Exercises by George Frederick Graham (1867)
"The object of the prevaricator is to escape detection; that of the equivocator
is to deceive his questioner. The prevaricator shuffles; the equivocator ..."
3. Letters to Radulphus on the Mosaic Account of the Creation, Together with by John Colet (1876)
"Jurists use the word in another sense ; applying the name prevaricator to one
who is first on one side, then on the other, and who "aids an opponent's case ..."
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