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Webster 1913 Edition
Cozener
Coz′en-er
(k?z′’n-?r)
, Noun.
One who cheats or defrauds.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cozener
COZENER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
cozener
cozener
English
Alternative forms
- (16th century): cosener, cosiner, cousoner, coosener, cossoner, cousener
- (17th century): cos’ner, cosener, cosiner, couzener, coz’ner, cozoner
Noun
cozener (plural cozeners)
- An imposter, a swindler.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear:
- The usurer hangs the cozener.
- 1993, Richard Burt, Licensed by authority: Ben Jonson and the discourses of censorship:
- Yet the difference between players and cozeners was not always secure.
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Related terms
References
- “cozener” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]