vacillator

American  

[vas-uh-lay-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. )

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Example Sentences

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vacillator

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

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 Arthur William Brown

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

From The Colossus A Novel by Opie Percival Read

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