weaseler

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noun

A devious person; a cheat or fraudster.

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Meanings

nounweaseler (plural weaselers)

plural weaselers

  1. A devious person; a cheat or fraudster.
  2. A weasel word.

    Downplayers, like weaselers, innuendo, loaded questions, and other slanters, can be used intentionally to make something less significant or worthy than it is.

    2013, Guy Gibbon, Critically Reading the Theory and Methods of Archaeology, page 73

Origin

From weasel + -er.

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APA

weaseler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaseler

MLA

“weaseler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaseler. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weaseler,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaseler.

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