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Someone who constantly tells lies can be labeled as a liar.

Is there a word that describes someone as a person that constantly uses ruses(sp?)?

I found that in the definition, if you go to the old english get the following: 1375-1425; late Middle English (noun use of obsolete rusen to detour) < Middle French, derivative of ruser to retreat.

So a liar is someone who lies, a cheater is someone who cheats, what do you call someone who uses the ruse as a common activity?

Also, if possible, I am looking for a word that utilizes the word "ruse." Forgive my attempt but something like a "ruser." (I know that isn't a word)

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    conman? con-artist? or maybe Prankster if it is less malicious?
    – Marv Mills
    Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 19:41
  • I updated the question to better ask what I was hoping for. But those work.
    – randomblink
    Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 19:48
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    Dictionaries usually list agent nouns under the headword. If there aren't any under 'ruse', there probably aren't any with that root.
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 19:51
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    Since the definition of ruse is essentially trick, you might use trickster in much the same way.
    – Nicole
    Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 19:52
  • @EdwinAshworth I hadn't even thought of that. I was also hoping there was a word I hadn't heard before that defined a "ruser" in this way, lol. Thank you all.
    – randomblink
    Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 19:58

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Trickster

In, When Br'er Rabbit Meets Coyote, the argument is posited that the Br'er Rabbit stories were derived from a mixture of African and Native American mythology, thus attributing part of the credit for the formation of the tales and wiles of Br'er Rabbit to "Indian captivity narratives" and the rabbit trickster found in Cherokee mythology.

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See, Wikipedia, “Trickster” Link

Rascal noun:

• a mischievous or cheeky person, especially a child or man

see, Google.com Link

Fibber noun:

• a person who tells lies “research that shows that children learn to become fibbers at a remarkably early age.”

Synonyms fabricator, fabulist, prevaricator, storyteller

See, Merriam-Webster Thesaurus Link

Mountebank noun: plural noun: mountebanks

• a person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.

synonyms: swindler, charlatan, confidence trickster, fraud, fraudster, impostor, trickster, hoaxer

see, Google.com Link

Rogue noun:; plural noun: rogues

1. a dishonest or unprincipled man.

See, Google.com Link

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Another possibility is schemer. That is one who schemes, used in the general descriptive sense.

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