trickster

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
trickster
    n 1: someone who plays practical jokes on others [syn:
         {prankster}, {cut-up}, {trickster}, {tricker}, {hoaxer},
         {practical joker}]
    2: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
       [syn: {deceiver}, {cheat}, {cheater}, {trickster},
       {beguiler}, {slicker}]
    3: a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of
       many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious
       biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Trickster \Trick"ster\, n.
   One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "trickster":
      Artful Dodger, Philadelphia lawyer, Yankee horse trader, charmer,
      cheat, cheater, con man, conjurer, crafty rascal, defrauder,
      diddler, dodger, double-dealer, escamoteur, flimflammer, fox,
      glib tongue, gyp artist, horse trader, illusionist, juggler,
      magician, prestidigitator, reynard, sharper, shyster,
      sleight-of-hand performer, slick citizen, sly dog, slyboots,
      sweet talker, swindler, tricker
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