vacillator

American  

[vas-uh-ley-ter] / ˈvæs əˌleɪ tər /

noun

1. someone who is indecisive or irresolute.

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

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Etymology

Origin of vacillator

vacillat(e) ( def. ) + -or ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

My own belief is that the view of Kennedy as a vacillator and flip-flopper is unfair and overwrought.

From Slate • May 26, 2017

Ambivalence, as one super vacillator named Hamlet could tell you, is an unavoidable part of being human.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2014

Rather, he found himself depicted as a vacillator in publications like The New York Post, which campaigned for a crackdown.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2011

But I do despise a vacillator, and I am one.

From The Colossus A Novel by Read, Opie Percival

And, all along, he had been regarding himself as the weakling, the vacillator, when it was he who had held out the longest!

From Phantom Wires A Novel by Brown, Arthur William