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EQUIVOCATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does equivocator mean?
• EQUIVOCATOR (noun)
The noun EQUIVOCATOR has 1 sense:
1. a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
Familiarity information: EQUIVOCATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
equivocator; hedger; tergiversator
Hypernyms ("equivocator" is a kind of...):
answerer; respondent; responder (someone who responds)
Derivation:
equivocate (be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information)
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