machinator
- a word derived from machinate.
Example Sentences
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Off in the distance, some unseen machinator is feeding him his lines.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2016
Intrigue used both against and by the avenger is another important element; the villain is a machinator and Hieronimo finally accomplishes his revenge by means of dissimulation and trickery.
From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.
I cannot tell whether that slender, silken machinator, Captain Lake, loitered in the chapel for the purpose of talking to or avoiding Jos.
From Wylder's Hand by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Does it not arise from complicity with England, that machinator of conspiracies against the power and the life of the First Consul?
From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
"Wasna that a graun' ane?" said the machinator.
From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.
