schemer

[skee-mer]

noun

1. someone who devises plans or plots, especially underhanded ones.

   She is one of the memorable characters in literature, a born schemer and social climber unencumbered by any need to tell the truth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of schemer¹

scheme ( def. ) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

It seems my father and my pooch, two savvy schemers, had hatched a plan back in Charlotte.

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This platinum-haired schemer and scene-stealer often dressed head to toe in white and is as smart as he is smug.

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But Lee’s also a schemer whose griminess is his superpower.

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The archetypal spin doctor, his reputation as a behind-the scenes fixer, schemer and schmoozer earned him the nickname, "the Prince of Darkness".

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But there are winners and losers and winners who feel like losers and schemers who get away with their misdeeds scot-free.

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• rogue