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trickster

noun

Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others; any…

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9
Starts with
T
Ends with
R
Contains
RI
Scrabble score
15

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noun

  1. Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others; any similar figure in literature.

  2. One who plays tricks or pranks on others.

  3. One who performs tricks (parts of a magician' act or entertaining difficult physical actions).

  4. An impish or playful person.

  5. A fraud (person who performs a trick for the purpose of unlawful gain).

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