manoeuvre
noun
a variant of maneuver.
manoeuvrer
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a word derived from
manoeuvre.
Example Sentences
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She was far too skilful a manoeuvrer to give lookers-on such transparent grounds for designating her a match-making mother.
From Belles and Ringers by Hawley Smart
Flavie was bewildered; she was, however, awake to the extreme frankness of such language, and she said to herself, "He is not a secret manoeuvrer, certainly."
From The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honoré de Balzac
Memory well managed can furnish a tolerable share of the wit and spirit of conversation, and he was, in this respect, the most capital manoeuvrer I ever met with.
From International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 3, July 15, 1850 by Various
"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
“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
