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Cheater

//ˈt͡ʃiːtɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who cheats; something that cheats.

    "The Old Viper's an old cheater, an old hornswoggler."

  2. 2
    An escheater. obsolete
  3. 3
    someone who leads you to believe something that is not true wordnet
  4. 4
    Someone who cheats; something that cheats.; Synonym of adulterer.
  5. 5
    Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).; An improvised breaker bar made from a length of pipe and a wrench (spanner), usually used to free screws, bolts, etc. that are difficult to remove with a ratchet or wrench alone.
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  1. 6
    Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).; Any of various auxiliary lenses added to the visor of a welding hood to improve visibility, such as by providing refractive correction for presbyopia or providing magnification (e.g., 2×, 5×, 10×).

Etymology

Etymology 1

From cheat + -er. The sense referring to welding hood lenses was inspired by cheaters (plural) as a pair of reading glasses.

Etymology 2

From Middle English chetour, a variant of eschetour, from Old French eschetour, escheteur, equivalent to escheat + -er.

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