dissembler
a person who gives a false or misleading appearance, or who feigns or pretends something; a fraud or phony: I take everyone seriously until they reveal themselves to be liars, dissemblers, shills, or unrepentant hypocrites.
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How to use dissembler in a sentence
I have seen many as young brawlers and spendthrifts, but never as young and accomplished a dissembler.
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter ScottBalboa was something of a dissembler himself on occasion, as you will see.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend BradyIn everything he was apt, in war as well as in diplomacy, marvellously adroit, and a consummate dissembler.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) | Anatole FranceIt was with a pang at his heart that he returned to his old thought of her being possibly a finished coquette and dissembler.
A Laodicean | Thomas HardyHe is the arch-deceiver, the master sophist, the prime dissembler, the prince of hypocrites.
The Vitality of Mormonism--Brief Essays | James E. Talmage
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