A trickster, deceiver, seducer, impostor. Obsolete.

A plotter, a schemer; = practitioner, n. 4. Obsolete.

A plotter, a conspirator; a person involved in or given to treachery or deceit. Obsolete.

A person who distracts or diverts the attention of another, esp. in order to mislead; one who plays with another's expectations; a deceiver, cheat…

? A hoaxer, a buffoon.

One who ‘hums’ or hoaxes; a humbugger. Obsolete.

A person who plays pranks; a hoaxer, a practical joker.

One who hoaxes.

In extended use. In weakened sense: a person given to mischievous tricks, a prankster.

One who jokes; a jester; a merry fellow. Frequently in practical joker.

The action of prank, v.3; the playing of pranks; (also) an instance of this.

colloquial (originally slang). Originally: an ingenious, clever, or audacious person. In later use chiefly: an odd or eccentric person, esp. one in…

a person who engages in leg-pulling; a person who pulls another's leg; cf. leg-pulling n.

one who hoaxes or humbugs; also, one who jokes or teases.

= prankster, n.

A person who talks nonsense; a hoaxer, joker.

one who spoofs.

A deliberate attempt to ‘wind up’ or provoke someone by misleading or hoaxing; a trick or practical joke. Also attributive, as wind-up artist, etc…