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Hedger

One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting.

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Answerer 76% connected

One who answers.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gardener 76% connected

One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plunger 76% connected

One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Respondent 76% connected

Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Speculator 76% connected

One who speculates. Specifically: (a) An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Equivocate 74% connected

To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to u…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Equivocate 74% connected

To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to u…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hedge 74% connected

A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrub…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hedge 74% connected

A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrub…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Equivocator 92% connected

One who equivocates.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tergiversator 92% connected

One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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