vacillator

[ vas-uh-ley-ter ]

noun

1. someone who is indecisive or irresolute:

   People prefer an unequivocal position from their leaders; vacillators do not inspire confidence.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vacillator¹

vacillat(e) ( def ) + -or ²( def )

Example Sentences

Martin’s paintings found me with a cloudy head, heavy legs and a drained spirit, vacillating between numbness and anger.

From Washington Post

The youth has within him both a Hamlet and a Saint-Just, both a vacillator and a zealot.

From Project Gutenberg

Anything to arouse this personator of our human mutability, this vacillator between doing and letting alone!

From Project Gutenberg