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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


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When Issa’s wife reported the general had been abducted, Tévoédjrè naturally asked Capt. Samary, the QRF duty officer and secret plotter, to investigate.

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

The strike was particularly meaningful for the CIA, which lost seven employees in trying to find al-Zawahri, a key plotter of the Sept. 11 attacks who was then al-Qaida’s second-in-command.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2022

Thomas Jefferson, governor of Virginia, was the next plotter.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

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