trickster (n.)

  1. someone who plays practical jokes on others

    [ Syn: prankster , cut-up , tricker , hoaxer , practical joker ]

  2. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

    [ Syn: deceiver , cheat , cheater , beguiler , slicker ]

  3. a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts

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