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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Equivocator

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
equivocator

1590s, from Late Latin aequivocator, agent noun from aequivocare (see equivocation).

Wiktionary
equivocator

n. agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.

WordNet
equivocator

n. a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer [syn: hedger]

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—.