Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who cozens; one who cheats or defrauds.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who cheats or defrauds.

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  • noun An imposter, a swindler.

Etymologies

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cozen +‎ -er

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Examples

  • He had "a deal of candied courtesy," especially for the women; and though his sturdy manhood and the excellent opinion of himself -- both of which came to him from his ancestry -- usually preserved him from the charge of servility, he was sometimes a "cozener" whose conscience annoyed him with very few scruples.

    Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States J. L. McConnel

  • The man who planned the whole thing was a fool, a "cozener" of the king, and the ship, suppose it to be made, was "unfit for any other use but a dung-boat!"

    Men of Invention and Industry Samuel Smiles 1858

  • Easier to stand outside, thinking I had wasted my money on a cozener.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Easier to stand outside, thinking I had wasted my money on a cozener.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Easier to stand outside, thinking I had wasted my money on a cozener.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • “Peace, thou vile cozener, with thy gipsy cant!” replied

    Kenilworth 2004

  • The words used in such case are uncertain, and to be recited at the pleasure of the witch or cozener.

    The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick

  • Those who care but for a fresh face -- tricksters in love as a cozener with dice -- are justly flouted and deceived, as oftentimes we see.

    French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Marie de France

  • Amongst them they had "cozened the great cozener" -- to use

    The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Rafael Sabatini 1912

  • 'I do feel myself a thief and a cozener,' she said.

    Privy Seal His Last Venture Ford Madox Ford 1906

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