prevaricator

[ pri-var-i-key-ter ]

/ prɪˈvær ɪˌkeɪ tər /

a person who speaks falsely; liar.

a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator.

Origin of prevaricator

1535–45; < Latin praevāricātor; see prevaricate, -tor

Everything this girl said made her more of a prevaricator, even though she might be innocent of crime.

The Mystery Girl |Carolyn Wells
Mr. Rabbit, you are all these—a lazy, shiftless sneak, thief and prevaricator.'

Mother West Wind's Children |Thornton W. Burgess
"Hampton's a prevaricator," he said gravely, as he looked down into the merry blue eyes turned up to him.

Judith of Blue Lake Ranch |Jackson Gregory
He was not willingly a prevaricator, and hated thoroughly to make explanations concerning it.

Sister Carrie |Theodore Dreiser

I'm not after sayin' me father was a prevaricator—no, indeed!

Over the Seas for Uncle Sam |Elaine Sterne