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Added 9 October 2026

cheater

/ˈt͡ʃiːtɚ/ noun

In Latin: fraudātor Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cheater at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true.

Origin

From cheat + -er. The sense referring to welding hood lenses was inspired by cheaters (plural) as a pair of reading glasses.

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