plotter

[plot-er]

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

/ ˈplɒtə /

noun

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

2. a person who plots; conspirator

Word History and Origins

Origin of plotter¹

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

Example Sentences

Brazil's past has been littered with coups or attempted coups, but no one has ever sat in the dock, and past plotters have been granted amnesty.

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Mr Cappelli's answer to those who call the response authoritarian is: "Study history. Amnesty for past coup attempts resulted in new coups. Today's pardoned coup plotter becomes tomorrow's coup plotter."

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The US foreign intelligence service said the plotters had hoped to kill a large number of concert-goers.

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Success after success followed - and cells of plotters were also increasingly infiltrated by spooks finding secret ways to capture chats about plans.

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This was further inflamed when shortly afterwards, the Burkinabé junta said it had foiled a coup plot, alleging the plotters were based in neighbouring Ivory Coast - where Gen Langley then made a visit.

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Related Words

• accomplice 
• collaborator 
• traitor