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prevaricator


  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prevaricator 
  n  :  a  person  who  has  lied  or  who  lies  repeatedly  [syn:  {liar}] 
  [ant:  {square  shooter}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  PREVARICATOR,  n.  A  liar  in  the  caterpillar  estate. 
 
 




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