Deceiver \De*ceiv"er\, n. One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.

The deceived and the deceiver are his. --Job xii. 16.

Syn: Deceiver, Impostor.

Usage: A deceiver operates by stealth and in private upon individuals; an impostor practices his arts on the community at large. The one succeeds by artful falsehoods, the other by bold assumption. The faithless friend and the fickle lover are deceivers; the false prophet and the pretended prince are impostors.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)