dupe

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Oh, what a dupe is a man's pride!

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  1. noun An easily deceived person.
  2. noun A person who functions as the tool of another person or power.
  3. transitive verb To deceive (an unwary person). See Synonyms at deceive.

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dupe:   duped ·  dupes
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  1. French, from Old French, probably alteration of huppe, hoopoe (from the bird's stupid appearance); see hoopoe.

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  1. from French dupe, a dupe, from Old French dupe, duppe, French dial. dube, duppe, a hoopoe, a bird regarded as stupid: see hoopoe and Upupa. For similar examples of the application of the names of (supposed) stupid birds to stupid persons, cf. booby, goose, gull, and (in Portuguese) dodo. Cf. Breton houperik, a hoopoe, a dupe.
  2. from French duper, dupe, gull, take in; from the noun.
 

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