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[ trik -ster ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈtrɪk stər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a deceiver; cheat; fraud.
a person who plays tricks.
a supernatural figure appearing in various guises and typically engaging in mischievous activities, important in the folklore and mythology of many primitive peoples and usually conceived as a culture hero.
Origin of trickster First recorded in 1705–15; trick + -ster
OTHER WORDS FROM trickster trick·ster·ing, noun Words nearby trickster trickle-up, trick or treat, trick out, tricks of the trade, tricksome, trickster , tricksy, trick-track, tricky, triclad, triclinic
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Example sentences from the Web for trickster But as with everything Sugimotesque, I think his trickster self is at work.
Sugimoto, Hermes and the Old Scarf Illusion | Blake Gopnik| January 29, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Elvira has recently been deceived by Giovanni—and decides to seek vengeance by publicly outing him as the trickster whom he is.
Don Giovanni in Los Angeles: Mozart Meets the Future | Isabel Wilkinson| May 20, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Maurizio Cattelan: All will present the complete works of this Italian trickster at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Eight Must-See Fall Art Shows | Blake Gopnik| August 28, 2011| DAILY BEAST
In every instance the right-doer is rewarded, the selfish man and the trickster are punished.
Indian Legends Retold | Elaine Goodale Eastman
“Trickster with the violin” seemed written upon it for all the world to read.
The Master's Violin | Myrtle Reed
Shift′er, one who shifts: a trickster ; Shift′iness, the character of being shifty.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) | Various
Are you, after all, but a trickster who would impose his art upon the unwary?
Under the Witches' Moon | Nathan Gallizier
It depends upon a trick of deception; and no trick of deception works if the trickster passes a certain degree of cynicism.
The Free Press | Hilaire Belloc
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British Dictionary definitions for trickster noun a person who deceives or plays tricks
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to trickster con artist, cheat, deceiver, swindler, charlatan, imposter, con man, confidence man, conniver