prevaricator en · NOUN
Etymology
From prevaricate + -or or Latin praevaricator: compare French prévaricateur.
Meanings
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One who prevaricates.
It was evident he took me for a perfectly shameless prevaricator.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 214:
- (historical) An orator at the University of Cambridge fulfilling a similar function to the terrae filius at Oxford.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prevaricators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (14)
pdt Läajna (one who prevaricates) · fr prévaricateur (one who prevaricates) · pl lawirant (one who prevaricates) · de Schönredner (one who prevaricates) · pl krętaczka (one who prevaricates) · nl veinzer (one who prevaricates) · fr prévaricatrice (one who prevaricates) · pl krętacz (one who prevaricates) · pt prevaricador (one who prevaricates) · de Faktenverfälscher (one who prevaricates) · nl draaier (one who prevaricates) · pl lawirantka (one who prevaricates) · de Tatsachenverdreher (one who prevaricates) · de Wahrheitsverdreher (one who prevaricates)