English Dictionary

trickster

名詞

(mythology, literature) Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others; any similar figure in literature.

日本語の意味

神話や民話、文学に登場する、ずる賢さや秘密の知識を駆使して権威に挑戦し、いたずらや策略を仕掛ける人物。 / 一種のずる賢いいたずら者や策略家としてのキャラクター

The cunning trickster used an old riddle to expose the corrupt council and slipped away laughing.

ずる賢いたずら者は古い謎かけを使って腐敗した評議会を暴き、笑いながら立ち去った。

意味（1）

(mythology, literature) Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others; any similar figure in literature.

The trickster is one of the oldest and most widespread of mythological and literary figures. […] As the name implies, the trickster is, on one level—probably the most important—an amoral practical joker who wanders about playing pranks on unsuspecting victims […] With all the fluctuations, certain things about the trickster are predictable: he is always a wanderer, always hungry, and usually oversexed. Tricksters abound in folktales […] .

意味（2）

One who plays tricks or pranks on others.

意味（3）

One who performs tricks (parts of a magician' act or entertaining difficult physical actions).

意味（4）

An impish or playful person.

意味（5）

A fraud (person who performs a trick for the purpose of unlawful gain).

tricksters （ plural ）