dissimulator

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Chaucer mingles things mediaeval and things classical as freely as he brackets King David with the philosopher Seneca, or Judas Iscariot with the Greek "dissimulator" Sinon.

From Chaucer by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir

"Yet we were friends for years," declared the dissimulator, folding his hands with a dreary shake of his head.

From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Green, Anna Katharine

He was no inveterate talker, like Sydney Smith; no clever dissimulator, like Mr. Hook.

From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 by Wharton, Philip

"Possibly!" said the good lady; "it must indeed be a profound dissimulator to deceive /me/."

From Devereux — Volume 04 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Bajee Rao, practised dissimulator as he was, flushed at this unexpected accusation.

From At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)