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Definition of hoaxer

hoaxer

/ˈhoʊksər/
hoax · er
Plural:hoaxers
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hoaxer Lexical Profile

hoaxer Game Scores & Validity

• noun

1

A person who perpetrates a humorous or malicious deception, such as fabricating a story, forging an artifact, or making a false report to mislead the public or authorities.

Example

"The museum curator realized that a clever hoaxer had planted the forged manuscript in the archives."

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• Rhymes for hoaxer

• Nearby Words

hoarseness
hoatzin
hoax
hoaxer
hob
hobart
hobbit

Word Origin & Etymology

Formed in the early 19th century from the verb 'hoax' plus the agent suffix '-er', with 'hoax' itself likely originating as a late 18th-century contraction of 'hocus', from the mock-Latin incantation 'hocus-pocus'.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Hoaxer. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/hoaxer
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