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n. - A respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer.

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Usage examples (37)
  • Verb (used without object), : When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated
  • John Shakespeare was a kind of equivocator: it's what you do when you're in a corner, when you can't be a Catholic and a loyal Englishman at the same time.
  • Therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery
  • Not your standard liberal union-loving, leftist equivocator in my book.
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