intrigant
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Origin of intrigant
1775–85; < French < Italian intrigante, present participle of intrigare to intrigue
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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
Called by Farouk last week to form a new Cabinet was Egypt's leading wealthy political intrigant, Mohammed Mahmoud Pasha.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here, for intrigant and ravager, penitent and saint, failure and world-weary, was sanctuary—respite, if only for an hour, from sin and strife, passion and hate and self.
From The House of Toys by Miller, Henry Russell
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
I know him as courtier, too, and as a bold intrigant.
From The Short-story by Atkinson, William Patterson
“It’s just that we missed the moment when unqualified scoundrels and intrigants crushed these humble guys,” he said, using his usual insults for the Russian military general staff.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
It was common gossip in Turkey last week that although the British had persuaded Iraq to break off relations with Germany, several German intrigants had recently sneaked into Iraq to negotiate with Iraqi sheiks.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Why do we see this ferocity among the intrigants against Robespierre?" exclaimed one of the partisans when tranquillity was re-established.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
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