De-çēiv'er, n.

n. One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.

Synonyms—DECEIVER, IMPOSTOR. A deceiver operates by stealth and in private upon individuals; an impostor practices his arts on the community at large. The one succeeds by artful falsehoods, the other by bold assumption. The faithless friend and the fickle lover are deceivers; the false prophet and the pretended prince are impostors.

Men were deceivers ever; One foot in sea, and one on shore; To one thing constant never. Shak.

But now, when time has made the imposture plain, What new delusion charms your cheated eyes again? Dryden.