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▪ I. schemer|ˈskiːmə(r)|
[f. scheme v. + -er1.]
1. One who devises or enters into schemes.
1724Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess. Mar Feb. (1893) I. 477 They call themselves Schemers; and meet..three times a week, to consult on gallant schemes. 1760C. Johnston Chrysal i. iv. (1822) I. 29, I therefore immediately became a Schemer. 1831Lytton Godolphin xxii, I was born a schemer. 1875Longfellow Masque Pandora 111, Tempt no more the noble schemer.
2. One who plots, or lays plans in an underhand manner.
1849Marryat Valerie vii, Lady M― is a schemer, always plotting. 1884Chr. Commonw. 14 Feb. 416/2 England has always been too much the prey of fanatics and schemers in matters of this kind.
3. (Cf. scheme v. 3.) One who plans methods for evading duties; a shirker.
1843H. Gavin Feigned or Factitious Dis. 32 The—regiment..were all schemers and malingerers.
4. (See quot.)
1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Schemer, one who has charge of the hold of a North Sea ship.
▪ II. schemer
obs. form of shimmer. |