Tre‐pan″, n. [See Trapan.] 1. A snare; a trapan.
Snares and trepans that common life lays in its way. South.
2. a deceiver; a cheat.
He had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan. Macaulay.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.