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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Dissembler

· Dis·sem·bler · IPA
01 n. One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.
  1. 1.
    One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.
    “It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatest dissemblers.” — Bacon.
    “Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.” — Pope.
Syn. Dissembler, Hypocrite.
A person is called a dissembler with reference to his concealment of his real character, and a hypocrite with reference to his assumption of a false character. But hypocrite is the stronger word, being commonly used to characterize a person who is habitually insincere and false, especially one who makes professions of goodness when his aims are selfish and his life corrupt.