Misleader

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who leads into error.
  2. 2
    someone who leads astray (often deliberately) wordnet

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Etymology

From Middle English misledere, equivalent to mislead + -er. Compare Dutch misleider (“misleader, deceiver”), Swedish missledare.

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