A deceiver; a traitor.

A sorcerer, a diviner. Also: a deceiver.

figurative. A treacherous, deceitful, malicious, or pernicious person or thing (also as a term of abuse); the type of envy or treachery.

A dishonest unprincipled man; a cunning unscrupulous rogue; a villain; (in early use also) †an unpleasant or disagreeable man (obsolete). Often…

A deceiver, a cheat; one who deceives by trickery; sometimes, a traitor.

A beguiler; a deceiver.

A liar; a deceiver; (also) a scornful or mocking person. Cf. gab, v.1 2 3.

A deceiver, a cheat.

An impostor, cheat; esp. a vagrant who shams illness or pretends to tell fortunes.

transferred and figurative. One who deceives by trickery; a trickster; one who plays fast and loose (with).

deceiver.

A deceiver, liar.

A trickster, deceiver.

One that beguiles or deludes; a deceiver.

One who (or that which) deceives; a cheat, impostor.

A deceiver, deluder.

A deceiver.

A cheat, impostor. Obsolete. rare.

One who or that which is false. elliptical for ‘false person’. Obsolete.

A person who deceives or makes sport of others; a deceiver. Now only in extended use, chiefly with allusion to Proverbs 20:1 (see quot. 1611).

As a term of contempt: = creature, n.

A deceiver.

One who seduces, a misleader, seducer.

A deceiver, cheat.

A deceiver, cheat; a rascal, rogue.

A person who practises deceit or trickery (cf. craft, n. 7a). Obsolete.

One who circumvents.

A deceiver.

a cheat, deceiver.

One who illudes; a mocker, deceiver.

One who plays tricks or practises trickery; a cheat, deceiver, trickster; also, one who plays a trick or prank.

One who acts with duplicity.

= treacher, n. (In quot. 1592 with pun on treasurer.)

A false or deceitful person.

A person who perverts truth or abuses confidence; a deceiver or impostor. Obsolete.

One who acts falsely; a deceiver.

A deceiver, a traitor.

One who deludes.

figurative. A thing or person that gives false guidance; a delusive guiding principle, hope, or aim.

A person who cheats, dupes, or deceives people.

A person who practises prestigiation; a conjurer; (also) †a deceiver, a cheat (obsolete).

A deceiver. Cf. guiler, n. aguile, v.

A juggler, trickster; a trifler. Obsolete.

a cheat.

See quot. 1610.

one who deals in ‘guiles’, a deceiver.

A conjuror, juggler. (In 17th cent. frequently as proper name or nickname of a conjuror.) Also transferred a trickster. Obsolete.

A cunning fellow, a cheat. Obsolete. rare. (Cf. colt, v. 2.)

One who hoodwinks; a deceiver. Obsolete.

One who blindfolds or hoodwinks.

A cheat; a thief; (in later use) spec. a sheep stealer.

Applied to a person. One who cheats; a swindler.

A person who tricks or deceives another; a thing whose appearance is misleading or deceptive.

An underhand dealer or agent.

one who circumvenes.

slang. A devious or cunning person; a trickster, a cheat.

One who dodges, in various senses of the verb; in early use, esp. a haggler; later, esp. one who practises artful shifts or dodges.

A cheating or dishonest person.

Cant. (See quot. 1699) Obsolete.

One who practises trickery; a rogue, cheat, knave.

One who practises cheating; esp. one who evades payment of a cabman's fare.

a trickster.

spec. A person who carries out or is involved in an act of deception; a trickster, a swindler.

A person who bilks or cheats; a cheat.

One who dupes; a deceiver, deluder.

Used allusively, esp. in reference to the †boorishness, cunning, sharpness, or trickery attributed to Yorkshire people. to come (or put) Yorkshire o…

Scottish. A ‘take in’, an imposition. Also, one who ‘takes in’, a cheat.

A person who talks volubly or flatteringly, esp. so as to deceive or cajole another into a particular course of action.

slang. One who ‘does’ or cheats another.

One who is addicted to deluding.

slang. A swindler, cheat; one who ‘wangles’.

A base, contemptible person; a swindler, cheat, liar.

one who hoodwinks.

dialect. A person who has a noticeable effect on another (see also quot. 1886).

slang (originally and chiefly Australian). A person who deceives or dupes others; a swindler, a trickster; (sometimes more generally) a person who…

(a) a cheat, a trifler; (b) a tiddlywinks player.

one who ‘wangles’.

colloquial. A deceptive, dishonest, or fraudulent person or thing; a fake. Now rare.

A crook, liar, cheat; a deceitful or cunning individual.

(See quot. 1945.)

(a) A person who loves fun or excitement. (b) A deceitful or pretentious person. Frequently attributive.

A deceitful, untrustworthy person; a swindler, a cheat.