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trickster

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trick⋅ster

  [trik-ster]
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–noun
1. a deceiver; cheat; fraud.
2. a person who plays tricks.
3. 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:
1705–15; trick + -ster

Related forms:
trick⋅ster⋅ing, noun
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trick·ster   (trĭk'stər)   
n.  

  1. One that swindles or plays tricks.

  2. often Trickster A mischievous or roguish figure in myth or folklore, often an animal, who typically makes up for physical weakness with cunning and subversive humor.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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