prevaricator

noun

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from praevāricātus
  2. formed as prevaricator — “prevaricate + -or

Definitions

  1. One who prevaricates.

    • It was evident he took me for a perfectly shameless prevaricator.
  2. An orator at the University of Cambridge fulfilling a similar function to the terrae…

    An orator at the University of Cambridge fulfilling a similar function to the terrae filius at Oxford.

The neighborhood

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