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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trickster \Trick"ster\, n. One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1711, from trick (n.) + -ster.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 A mythological figure responsible for teaching others through the use of guile and treason. 2 One who performs a trick. 3 An impish or playful person. 4 A fraud (gloss: person who performs a trick for the purpose of unlawful gain). n. 1 A mythological figure responsible for teaching others through the use of guile and treason. 2 One who performs a trick. 3 An impish or playful person. 4 A fraud (gloss: person who performs a trick for the purpose of unlawful gain).
WordNet
n. someone who plays practical jokes on others [syn: prankster, cut-up, tricker, hoaxer, practical joker]
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true [syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, beguiler, slicker]
a mischevous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts
Wikipedia
The Trickster is a moniker used by three DC Comics supervillains, two of which are enemies of the Flash. Both have been members of the Rogues.
The character has been substantially adapted into television productions of DC Comics work. Actor Mark Hamill is most closely associated with the role, having played the character in two live-action adaptations of The Flash and even voiced the character in animated form for the series Justice League Unlimited.
In mythology and folklore, a trickster is a god, goddess, spirit, human hero or anthropomorphic animal who plays pranks or otherwise disobeys normal rules and conventional behaviour.
Trickster may also refer to:
In music:
- Trickster (album), the first album released by Kidneythieves
- "Trickster" (song), the 18th single by Japanese singer and voice actress Nana Mizuki
- "Trickster", a song by We Are Scientists from their 2002 album Safety, Fun, and Learning (In That Order)
- "The Trickster", a song by Radiohead from the EP My Iron Lung
In video games:
- Trickster Online, a free, 2D isometric MMORPG
- Trickster, a style used by Dante in the third and fourth installments of the Devil May Cry series
- The Trickster, also known as the Woodsie Lord, the main antagonist in Thief: The Dark Project
- The Trickster, a mob hunt in Final Fantasy XII
Other uses:
- Trickster (anime), a 2016 Japanese anime series based on The Boy Detectives Club novels by Edogawa Ranpo
- Trickster (comics), the name of two DC Comics supervillains and an enemy of the Flash
- Trickster (board game) a 2010 spin-off of the board game Scrabble
- The Trickster (Doctor Who), a villain from the television series Sarah Jane Adventures
- The Trickster (Supernatural), an alter ego of the archangel Gabriel in the TV series Supernatural
- The Tricksters, a novel by Margaret Mahy
"Trickster" is the 18th single by Japanese singer and voice actress Nana Mizuki. The single contains the opening theme and ending theme for the anime Rosario + Vampire Capu2. This single holds the highest selling numbers for her first week sales and reached #100 in 2008 Oricon top 100 singles.
In mythology, and in the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a character in a story ( god, goddess, spirit, man, woman, or anthropomorphisation), which exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge, and uses it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and conventional behaviour. It is suggested by G.P. Hansen that the term "Trickster" was probably first used in this context by Daniel G. Brinton in 1885.
Scrabble Trickster is a word game created by Mattel and announced on 6 April 2010, designed as a spin-off to one of the company's products, Scrabble. Mattel intends to sell the product in Europe starting in July 2010, but not in North America, because the company owns the rights to Scrabble and its derivatives worldwide except for in North America, where rival company Hasbro holds control of the game.
Trickster was the first album released by Kidneythieves, on July 28, 1998. The album was released with the single "S+M (A Love Song)", as well as "Taxicab Messiah" which had a music video. It was rereleased in 2004 as Trickstereprocess (see below).
Trickster, also known as , is a 2016 Japanese television anime series produced by TMS Entertainment and Shin-Ei Animation. It is directed by Masahiro Mukai and written by Erika Yoshida, with original character designs by Peach-Pit, adapted character designs by Shinya Yamada and music by Yuki Hayashi. It is scheduled to air on October 4, 2016 on Tokyo MX and Yomiuri TV. A manga adaptation of the anime by Mantohihi Binta began its serialization on June 20, 2016.
Usage examples of "trickster".
The Trickster is another archetype standing at the boundaries between consciousness and the unconscious.
Tee Bobby had skated on the edge of the system, shining people on, getting by on rebop and charm and convincing others he was more trickster than miscreant.
Hmishi and Lling gave Adar a polite bow, but followed Llesho from the room without a word or question, which seemed to please the trickster god immensely.
Aware that crime and disease would both be on the increase, Pompey devoted some of his splendid organizational talents to diminishing crime and disease by hiring ex-gladiators to police the alleys and byways of the city, by making the College of Lictors keep an eye on the shysters and tricksters who frequented the Forum Romanum and other major marketplaces, by enlarging the swimming holes of the Trigarium, and plastering vacant walls with warning notices about good drinking water, urinating and defaecating anywhere but in the public latrines, clean hands and bad food.
A few hermetics had made the error of trying to force their way through the bazaar rather than finding a route around it, and now their palanquins were mired, harried by traders and tricksters.
Geezl had become the victim of a skilled trickster by the name of Lari Afriq.
Trickster decided to pay his respects to the Menominee in Milwaukee and make sure they made room for him in their part of the parade.
The medicine woman of the Menominee was an elder in her seventies who invited Trickster into her house immediately, promptly cuffed the little rogue on the back of the neck, and offered him tobacco.
Gods knows the Arab merchants are tricksters and swindlers, but the Armeniyans are so much shiftier that only a fellow Armeniyan dares deal with them.
We know them for what they are,--ruffians in politics, ruffians in finance, ruffians in law, ruffians in trade, bribers, swindlers, and tricksters.
Rains, and the knights are bored out of their minds from inaction and drunk or wenching most of the time, and there is no one left to serve me but cravens and fools and traitorous tricksters plotting to take my kingdom once the Ruwendian demon-trulls have finished me off!
Orientals are such confidence tricksters that any Roman worth his salt sews his purse shut and straps it into his left armpit the moment he encounters them.
The fakirs worked the community as shell-game tricksters work a county fair, departing with bursting pocket-books, passing on the word to the next in line, assured that the place was not worked out, knowing well that there was enough for all.
He was a trickster that big league hitters were certain to figure out.
He had legislated to protect them from the depredations of greedy wives, confidence tricksters and gobbling landowners by forbidding them to sell their portions for twenty years.