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plotter

American  
[plot-er] / ˈplɒt ər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that plots.

  2. an instrument, as a protractor, for plotting lines and measuring angles on a chart.

  3. Computers. an output device that produces a graphical representation by drawing on paper, as with one or more attached pens.

plotter British  
/ ˈplɒtə /

noun

  1. an instrument for plotting lines or angles on a chart

  2. a person who plots; conspirator

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of plotter

First recorded in 1580–90; plot + -er 1

Example Sentences

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Afterward, one plotter ordered the TV studio staff to play Samary’s statement on a loop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

To add insult to injury, she describes John Eastman, another coup plotter, as flashing a "leering grin" while Giuliani manhandled her.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2023

White ribbons curl across the composition, their free forms in contrast to the tightly overlapping circles produced by a mechanical plotter.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022

She worked as a plotter in a map room, tracking the progress of the North Atlantic shipping convoys as they tried to evade U-boat attacks.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2022

He was the plotter and from the serious looks on the committee's faces he was getting away with it.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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