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- [trik-ster]
- /ˈtrɪk stər/
- /ˈtrɪk.stər/
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- [trik-ster]
- /ˈtrɪk stər/
Definitions of trickster word
- noun trickster a deceiver; cheat; fraud. 1
- noun trickster a person who plays tricks. 1
- noun trickster 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. 1
- noun trickster practical joker 1
- noun trickster conman, crook 1
- countable noun trickster A trickster is a person who deceives or cheats people, often in order to get money from them. 0
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Origin of trickster
First appearance:
before 1705 One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1705-15; trick + -ster
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Parts of speech for Trickster
noun
adjective
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
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trickster popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
trickster usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for trickster
noun trickster
- banana — Bananas are long curved fruit with yellow skins.
- beguiler — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- cardsharp — a professional card player who cheats
- casuist — a person, esp a theologian, who attempts to resolve moral dilemmas by the application of general rules and the careful distinction of special cases
- cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
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