Equivocator

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Equivocator \E*quiv"o*ca`tor\, n.
     One who equivocates.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Here's an equivocator that could swear in both the
           scales against either scale, yet could not equivocate


           to heaven.                               --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  equivocator
       n : a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer [syn: {hedger}]