equivocator

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answerSynonyms: hedgertergiversatorType of respondent, responder
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

E·quiv′o·ca′tor noun

One who equivocates.

Here's an equivocator that could swear in both the scales against either scale, yet could not equivocate to heaven.— William Shakespeare

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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