| 单词 | plot-maker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplot-maker plot-maker n. †(a) a map-maker (obsolete); (b) = plotter n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > plotter compassera1513 engineer?a1513 hafter1519 contrivera1522 deviser1523 intrycarc1540 practiser1545 practisant1550 practitioner1560 brewer1563 platformer1572 hatcher1578 politician1586 plotter1594 tamperer1599 plotcaster1602 machinator1611 plot-maker1641 trinketer1651 intriguer1667 plot-monger1683 schemist1724 under-plotter1728 intriguant1781 policizer1809 intriguist1830 schemer1846 planster1945 wheeler-dealer1960 1641 R. Evelin in Descr. New Albion (1648) 20 Captain Powels Map..done as is told mee by a draught I gave to M. Daniel the plot-maker. ?1680 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1870) I. 632 Other Plot makers vnder the mask of Protestants. 1735 J. Oldmixon Hist. Eng.: William & Mary i. 41 Butler.., an Anabaptist Preacher, a Quack, a Plot-maker, a Suborner of Evidence. 1829 Times 19 May 3/6 It is not easy for our village politicians to forget their trade. They have hitherto been admirable plot-makers. 1999 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 Apr. a3 All eyes are on the plot-maker, sitting cross-legged in the corner. < as lemmas |
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