trickster

3 definitions found

trickster - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

trickster - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

trickster - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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