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Prevaricator definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREVAR'ICATOR, n. One that prevaricates; a shuffler; a quibbler.
1. A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a sham prosecution.
2. One who abuses his trust.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly [syn: liar, prevaricator] [ant: square shooter, straight arrow, straight shooter]

Merriam Webster's

noun see prevaricate

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Prevaricator Pre*var"i*ca`tor, n. [L. praevaricator: cf. F. pr['e]varicateur.] 1. One who prevaricates. 2. (Roman Law) A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a sham prosecution. 3. One who betrays or abuses a trust. --Prynne.

Moby Thesaurus

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, yarner