trickster
noun
trick·ster
ˈtrik-stər 
Examples of trickster in a Sentence
a heartless trickster swindled the elderly woman out of her life savings
a very adept trickster who used mirrors to make huge items—even buildings—seem to disappear
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An 11-minute, 13-episode 2D satire in which an Amazonian trickster spirit launches anarchic eco-pranks to repel loggers.
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Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 July 2025
Players start with a small deck of cards that represents a fighting style, such as balanced, aggressive, trickster, slasher or counter striker, and each round of combat, a hand is drawn from that deck.
—Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
In this series adaptation, based on another Gaiman novel, Mr. Nancy is the African deity known as Anansi, the trickster god of stories.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Muller himself has appeared in many roles: trickster science teacher, experimenter with a mad-scientist flair, fearless investigator in the mold of Indiana Jones.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 28 May 2025
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Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 July 2025
Players start with a small deck of cards that represents a fighting style, such as balanced, aggressive, trickster, slasher or counter striker, and each round of combat, a hand is drawn from that deck.
—Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
In this series adaptation, based on another Gaiman novel, Mr. Nancy is the African deity known as Anansi, the trickster god of stories.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Muller himself has appeared in many roles: trickster science teacher, experimenter with a mad-scientist flair, fearless investigator in the mold of Indiana Jones.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for trickster
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“Trickster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trickster. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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trickster
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trick·ster
ˈtrik-stər
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