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prevaricator

prevaricator noun: one who prevaricates.

Noun

prevaricator (plural prevaricators)

  1. 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
  2. (historical) An orator at the University of Cambridge fulfilling a similar function to the terrae filius at Oxford.

prevaricator meaning in Tamil

prevaricator in Tamil

பொய்யன், புரட்டுச்செய்வோன், பித்தலாட்டப் பேர்வழி, தட்டுக்காரன், புரளிக்காரன்

Forms of prevaricator

pluralprevaricators

Origin of prevaricator

From prevaricate + -or or Latin praevaricator: compare French prévaricateur.

Questions about prevaricator

What does prevaricator mean?
Prevaricator means one who prevaricates.
What is prevaricator in Tamil?
Prevaricator in Tamil is பொய்யன், புரட்டுச்செய்வோன், பித்தலாட்டப் பேர்வழி. See Prevaricator meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prevaricator?
Prevaricator is a noun.
What is the plural of prevaricator?
The plural of prevaricator is prevaricators.

Words near prevaricator in the dictionary

  1. prevaricating
  2. prevaricatingly
  3. prevarication
  4. prevarications
  5. prevaricative
  6. prevaricator
  7. prevaricators
  8. prevaricatory
  9. prevaricocelectomy
  10. prevarieties
  11. prevariety

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