Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deceiver"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Deceiver \De*ceiv"er\, n.
One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an
impostor.
The deceived and the deceiver are his. --Job xii. 16.
Syn: {Deceiver}, {Impostor}.
Usage: A deceiver operates by stealth and in private upon
individuals; an impostor practices his arts on the
community at large. The one succeeds by artful
falsehoods, the other by bold assumption. The
faithless friend and the fickle lover are deceivers;
the false prophet and the pretended prince are
impostors.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
deceiver
n : someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
[syn: {cheat}, {cheater}, {trickster}, {beguiler}, {slicker}]
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