prevaricator

prevaricator
/pri var"i kay'teuhr/, n.
1. a person who speaks falsely; liar.
2. a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator.
[1535-45; < L praevaricator; see PREVARICATE, -TOR]

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