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

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

From New York Times

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

From New York Times

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg