cozener

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Sir William Keith, the Colonial Governor of Pennsylvania, whose fair promises, as we shall see, had led him on a fool's errand to London, was a free-thinker, and Sir William had proved an unprincipled cozener.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

Losengeour: deceiver, cozener; the word had analogues in the French "losengier," and the Spanish "lisongero."

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

Stay, cozener, thou, that hat'st clear truth like light, And usest words dark as thy own dull night.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir

The origin of this word is interesting: a cozener is one who, for selfish ends, claims kindred or cousinship with another, and hence a flatterer or cheat. 739-755.

From Milton's Comus by Bell, William

And such a coward, A cozener and liar—but a coward, And would have been a thief—But was a coward.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 494, June 18, 1831 by Various