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

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

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

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

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

That Charles was the intrigant must be clear and palpable from what had happened, and accordingly, after taking a serious review of his own iniquity, he felt, as we said, peculiarly gratified with his prospects.

From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William