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līer(e
n.(1)
Additional spellings:
liere
42 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A liar, slanderer, deceitful person; also personified; (b) one who breaks a promise; a perjurer; (c) one who pretends to special knowledge, a false prophet, false teacher, charlatan; (d)
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