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weaseler

weaseler noun: a devious person; a cheat or fraudster.

Noun

weaseler (plural weaselers)

  1. A devious person; a cheat or fraudster.
  2. A weasel word.
    • Downplayers, like weaselers, innuendo, loaded questions, and other slanters, can be used intentionally to make something less significant or worthy than it is.2013, Guy Gibbon, Critically Reading the Theory and Methods of Archaeology, page 73

Forms of weaseler

pluralweaselers

Origin of weaseler

From weasel + -er.

Questions about weaseler

What does weaseler mean?
Weaseler means a devious person; a cheat or fraudster.
What part of speech is weaseler?
Weaseler is a noun.
What is the plural of weaseler?
The plural of weaseler is weaselers.

Words near weaseler in the dictionary

  1. weasel-like
  2. weaseled
  3. weaseled into
  4. weaseled one's way
  5. weaseled out
  6. weaseler
  7. weaselers
  8. weaselese
  9. weaselfish
  10. weaselier
  11. weaseliest

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