"dissembler" meaning in English

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          "roman": "licemer",
          "sense": "someone who dissembles",
          "word": "лицемер"
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          "sense": "someone who dissembles",
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          "sense": "someone who dissembles",
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          "sense": "someone who dissembles",
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          "word": "dissimulatore"
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          "sense": "someone who dissembles",
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          "roman": "pritvórščik",
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