HOAXER

prankster, cut-up, trickster, tricker, hoaxer, practical joker

(noun) someone who plays practical jokes on others

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hoaxer (plural hoaxers)

Someone who perpetrates hoaxes.

Synonyms

• hoaxster (rare)

Source: Wiktionary


Hoax"er, n.

Definition: One who hoaxes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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