deluder

noun

deluder

noun

Etymology From delude + -er.

1

Someone who deludes

  • But I am one who wish that Time, the great deluder, were not so over-masterful.1887, Mabel Collins, Light On The Path and Through the Gates of Gold:
  • I saw her no longer as the deluder of Aunt Jane, but as herself the deluded.1919, Camilla Kenyon, Spanish Doubloons:
1 more example
  • Or is it that from being a deluder of others he has become at last his own dupe as he is, if report belie him not, his own and his only enjoyer?1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

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