Noun: trickster trik-stu(r)
- Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
"The trickster convinced people to invest in his fake company";
- deceiver, slicker [informal]
- Someone who plays practical jokes on others
"The office trickster replaced all the pens with crayons";
- prankster, cut-up [N. Amer, informal], tricker, hoaxer, practical joker
- A mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts
"Coyote is a common trickster figure in Native American folklore"
Derived forms: tricksters
Type of: bad hat [informal], mischief-maker, offender, spiritual being, supernatural being, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler, wrongdoer
Encyclopedia: Trickster