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li⋅ar

[lahy-er]
–noun
a person who tells lies.

Origin:
bef. 950; ME lier, OE lēogere. See lie 1 , -ar 1


falsifier, perjurer, prevaricator.
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li·ar   (lī'ər)   
n.  One that tells lies.
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Word Origin & History

liar 
O.E. leogere; agent noun from Anglian legan, W.Saxon leogan "be untruthful, lie" (see lie (v.1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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