deluder

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noun

Someone who deludes

Scrabble 9

Meanings

noundeluder (plural deluders)

plural deluders

  1. Someone who deludes

    I saw her no longer as the deluder of Aunt Jane, but as herself the deluded.

    1919, Camilla Kenyon, Spanish Doubloons
    2 more examples

    But I am one who wish that Time, the great deluder, were not so over-masterful.

    1887, Mabel Collins, Light On The Path and Through the Gates of Gold

    Or is it that from being a deluder of others he has become at last his own dupe as he is, if report belie him not, his own and his only enjoyer?

    1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

Origin

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APA

deluder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deluder

MLA

“deluder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deluder. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deluder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deluder.

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