intrigant

American  

[in-tri-guhnt, an-tree-gahn] / ˈɪn trɪ gənt, ɛ̃ triˈgɑ̃ /

Or intriguant

noun

plural

intrigants

1. a person who engages in intrigue or intrigues.

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intrigant British  

/ ɛ̃triɡɑ̃, ˈɪntrɪɡənt /

noun

1. archaic a person who intrigues; intriguer

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Etymology

Origin of intrigant

1775–85; < French < Italian intrigante, present participle of intrigare to intrigue

Example Sentences

Called by Farouk last week to form a new Cabinet was Egypt's leading wealthy political intrigant, Mohammed Mahmoud Pasha.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thereafter his dynamic shrewdness as a commercial intrigant enabled him to break into the newspaper trust amid the War upheaval and established him upon his present eminence.

From Time Magazine Archive

General von Schleicher was for years the master intrigant and "Field Grey Eminence" of the German Reichswehr.

From Time Magazine Archive

Because of the Chancellor-General's reputation as the Fatherland's master intrigant, Germans gave him credit for the next dramatic development�a split in the Fascist Party.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus, owing to the nature of the duties of the Governor of Valladolid, every foreigner who met his eye, was a Frenchman, and an intrigant, until he should prove the reverse.

From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Wells, Nathaniel Armstrong