equivocator Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
    hedger; tergiversator.

WordNet

E*quiv"o*ca`tor noun
Definitions
  1. One who equivocates.
    Here's an equivocator that could swear in both the scales against either scale, yet could not equivocate to heaven. Shak.

Webster 1913