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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) : [ devils ]
PREVARICATOR, n. A liar in the caterpillar estate.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Prevaricator \Pre*var"i*ca`tor\, n. [L. praevaricator: cf. F.
pr['e]varicateur.]
1. One who prevaricates.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Roman Law) A sham dealer; one who colludes with a
defendant in a sham prosecution.
[1913 Webster]
3. One who betrays or abuses a trust. --Prynne.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
prevaricator
n : a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly [syn: liar]
[ant: square shooter]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
prevaricator
n.
1 One who prevaricates.
2 (lb en historical) An orator at the University of Cambridge
fulfilling a similar function to the terrae filius at Oxford.
Romanian a.
prevaricating
Romanian n.
(l en prevaricator)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
prevaricator
n.
1 One who prevaricates.
2 (lb en historical) An orator at the University of Cambridge
fulfilling a similar function to the terrae filius at Oxford.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
prevaricator
n.
1 One who prevaricates.
2 (lb en historical) An orator at the University of Cambridge
fulfilling a similar function to the terrae filius at Oxford.
Romanian a.
prevaricating
Romanian n.
(l en prevaricator)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
prevaricator
n.
1 One who prevaricates.
2 (lb en historical) An orator at the University of Cambridge
fulfilling a similar function to the terrae filius at Oxford.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
prevaricator /pɹɪvˈaɹɪkˌeɪtə/
jemand, der Ausflüchte macht, Tatsachenverdreher
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, yarner
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 说话支吾的人,说话搪塞的人;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 说话支吾的人,说话搪塞的人
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