manoeuvre
noun
a variant of maneuver.
manoeuvrer
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a word derived from
manoeuvre.
Example Sentences
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"But I come not back this way," replied Willan, strangely ready with his lies, now he had once undertaken the rôle of a manoeuvrer.
From Between Whiles by Helen Hunt Jackson
Rufus laughed a little; and Winthrop remarked there was nothing like straightforward dealing to confound a manoeuvrer.
From Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner
Had she been a manoeuvrer, she could not have done more to draw Clarence nearer to me.
From Jasper Lyle by Harriet Ward
“It is all over with her!” ejaculates one tender-hearted manoeuvrer of the warming-pan, with her apron in the corner her eye.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
There is not a husband-hunting dowager in the world of fashion, nor a female projector or manoeuvrer in aristocratic life, who will not enable her to understand and enjoy her good fortune.
From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
