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A respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
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equivocator
Word definitions for equivocator in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from Late Latin aequivocator , agent noun from aequivocare (see equivocation ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Equivocator \E*quiv"o*ca`tor\, n. One who equivocates. Here's an equivocator that could swear in both the scales against either scale, yet could not equivocate to heaven. --Shak.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer [syn: hedger ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
Usage examples of equivocator.
What would that master equivocator have said about this amazing region?
EVIDENTLY ONE OF THE MULTISTATE EQUIVOCATOR CRYSTALS WAS AT FAULT, THE CRYSTAL HWING DEVELOPED A FLUID-STRESS FAULT THAT MALFUNCTIONED ONLY DURING MEGA-GAUSS MAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS OF THE KIND THAT OCCUR DURING HIGH WARP SPEEDS—.