plotter

[ plot-er ]

/ ˈplɒt ər /

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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

Words nearby plotter

Plotinian, Plotinism, Plotinus, plot line, plottage, plotter, Plott hound, plotting board, plotting sheet, plotty, plotz

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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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
The Guardian calls Hage a stylist and a plotter who manages both “with great brio and expertise.”
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I have supplied a motive, one motive, for the crime; the plotter feared discovery.
The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley|Louis Tracy
Till sundry appetizing odors began to drift out to him from the plotter's cookery, Rob did not realize that he was hungry.
The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam|John Henry Goldfrap
But this is allowing to the young-man's wisdom of my brother; a plotter without a head, and a brother without a heart!
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)|Samuel Richardson
Marry me now, this hour, Elizabeth, and face the world that will call you plotter and adventuress.
The Ladies|E. Barrington
He was a plotter; he went about to slay Godfrey Ablewhite as coldly and craftily as the Indians did.
The Victorian Age in Literature|G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for plotter

plotter

/ (ˈplɒtə) /

noun

an instrument for plotting lines or angles on a chart

a person who plots; conspirator

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