Trickster

3 definitions found

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

  Trickster \Trick"ster\, n.
     One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  trickster
       n 1: someone who plays practical jokes on others [syn: {prankster},
             {cut-up}, {tricker}, {hoaxer}, {practical joker}]
       2: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
          [syn: {deceiver}, {cheat}, {cheater}, {beguiler}, {slicker}]
       3: a mischevous supernatural being found in the folklore of
          many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by
          prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "trickster":
     Artful Dodger, Philadelphia lawyer, Yankee horse trader, charmer,
     cheat, cheater, con man, conjurer, crafty rascal, defrauder,
     diddler, dodger, double-dealer, escamoteur, flimflammer, fox,
     glib tongue, gyp artist, horse trader, illusionist, juggler,
     magician, prestidigitator, reynard, sharper, shyster,
     sleight-of-hand performer, slick citizen, sly dog, slyboots,
     sweet talker, swindler, tricker