plotter

[plot-er]

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noun

a person or thing that plots.
an instrument, as a protractor, for plotting lines and measuring angles on a chart.
Computers. an output device that produces a graphical representation by drawing on paper, as with one or more attached pens.

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Origin of plotter

First recorded in 1580–90; plot + -er¹

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Related Words

collaborator traitor accomplice plotter participant plaintiff actor contractor agent confederate defendant partaker litigant sharer subversive betrayer highbinder compurgator participator backstabber

Examples from the Web for plotter

Contemporary Examples

Awoonor had driven the friend to Togo only to be accused of abetting the escape of a plotter in an unsuccessful coup.
Kofi Awoonor, the Ghanaian Poet Killed in Westgate Mall Attack
Michael Daly
September 24, 2013
Another accused 9/11 plotter, Ramzi bin al-Shibh was arrested in Karachi that same year.
The U.S. and Pakistan: Can This Marriage Be Saved?
Ron Moreau
April 3, 2012
The American al Qaeda plotter Anwar al-Awlaki was the most prolific advocate of the lone-attack tactic.
Mohamed Merah, Who Killed 7 in France, Embodied al Qaeda’s Lone Jihadist Campaign
Bruce Riedel
April 2, 2012
The Guardian calls Hage a stylist and a plotter who manages both “with great brio and expertise.”
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The Daily Beast
October 20, 2009

Historical Examples

I am the ruler of a conquered land, a lover of war and danger, a fighter and a plotter.
Tales of Unrest
Joseph Conrad
Evidently he had been right and had taken the plotter quite unaware.
Tom Slade on a Transport
Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Some called him a traitor, others an incompetent, others a plotter.
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant,
George Alfred Townsend
"You see I am right," went on the plotter with an evil smile.
The Boy from the Ranch
Frank V. Webster
He had the guile of a plotter, but lacked something of the self-control.
A Modern Mercenary
Kate Prichard and Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard

British Dictionary definitions for plotter

plotter

noun

an instrument for plotting lines or angles on a chart
a person who plots; conspirator

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