Trickster - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Trickster :  (noun)
1: someone who plays practical jokes on others [syn: prankster, cut-up, tricker, hoaxer, practical joker]
2: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true [syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, beguiler, slicker]
3: a mischevous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts

Based on WordNet 2.0

Trickster : \Trick"ster\, n. One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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