plottern.
/ˈplɒtə/, U.S. /ˈplɑdər/ 1.
a. A person who plans or devises something; a planner; spec. a person who constructs or devises a dramatic or literary plot.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > planner
compassera1513
contrivera1522
deviser1523
muser1556
platformer1572
plotter1589
architect1594
projector1596
machinator1611
designer1653
agitant1665
layer1674
concerter1693
schematist1710
planner1716
schemer1724
schemist1753
strategist1821
strategician1841
strategian1860
programmer1875
programmatist1895
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > construction of > one who
plotter1747
1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde sig. F2 These gambols..are not fit for Church plotters, nor common wealth casters, such as wee are.
1598 F. Meres Palladis Tamia 283 Anthony Mundye our best plotter.
1606 in J. Nichols Progresses James I (1828) II. 68 In so short a time to be accomplished, a most statelie Pageant, the workmen and plotters thereof having not past twelve dayes of respit after their first warning.
1609 B. Jonson Case is Alterd i. sig. A3v You are in print already for the best plotter . View more context for this quotation
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. iv. 23 A great plotter, and a great writer.
1878 Littell's Living Age 28 Sept. 814/2 They were remarkable men every one—bearded thinkers, writers, plotters; professed friends of mankind so far as theories went.
1986 H. R. F. Keating Writing Crime Fiction (BNC) 19 The danger for the tyro plotter is that at the end of each interview one more suspect will have simply been ‘written out’.
1995 Who (Sydney) 23 Jan. 75/2 But James is no by-the-numbers plotter or writer. Original Sin opens with a suicide..and no more blood is shed for 100 pages.
b. A person who plans or takes part in a plot to achieve an unlawful end; a conspirator.
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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
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. iii. 121 Chiefe architect and plotter of these woes. View more context for this quotation
c1600 D. Moysie Mem. Affairs Scotl. (1830) 87 John Nesmyt..fund heirefter to have bein the speciall plotter and devyser of that bussines.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. iv. 54 Plotters of those villanies.
1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 435 Amongst the plotters, about empoys'ning his late Majestie.
1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 230 The baffled Plotter who died on a Gibbet.
1765 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (ed. 3) 301 If..there was any mis~timing in the Case it must lie on the Part of those Plotters for timing the breaking forth of their Plot.
1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus i. ii. 23 Not for all the plotters That ever shook a kingdom!
1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Superfluous Mansion in More New Arabian Nights 137 He decided to..make one last effort of persuasion, and, if he could not prevail..give the plotter an hour's start, and denounce him to the police.
1909 Chatterbox 54/2 The plotters gave them some rude files which Unticaro had somehow procured.
1944 M. Vassiltchikov Diary 26 Aug. in Berlin Diaries 1940–45 (1988) 232 Stauffenberg's bomb killed one of the plotters' own men, a Colonel Brandt.
1994 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 1 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 6/2 Along the way, the plotters created a labyrinth of intrigue of which Machiavelli or the best of the Byzantines could have been proud.
2.
a. A surveyor; a person who plots points or measurements on a map or plan. Also, in later use: a person who records the movements of aircraft, ships, etc., on a map. rare before 20th cent.
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the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > ascertaining or determining position of anything > one who or that which
plotter1593
localizer1839
locater1897
locator1904
1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Middlesex i. 12 Many Surueyours and plotters of land seem to haue a speciall curiositie in obseruing this variation of the compasse.
1908 Geogr. Jrnl. 31 536 Some central organization at home would be required for plotting the results. This could be done..by a plotter and plotting machine attached to any existing photographic establishment.
1943 ‘T. Dudley-Gordon’ Coastal Command ii. 17 She [sc. a W.A.A.F] is the ‘plotter’... As the signals pour in..she translates the data into positions and..pin-points the chart.
1958 ‘P. Bryant’ Two Hours to Doom 48 Teams of plotters were at work, drawing in..the X points and target routes of the 843rd Wing.
1976 J. B. Garner et al. Surveying i. 7 The spacing of grid lines should be chosen so that it assists the plotter without becoming predominant on the completed sheet.
2001 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Jan. v. 16/3 Waafs were plotters in the operations room, moving ‘friendly’ and enemy markers around on the map.
b. An instrument or machine for making plots; spec. one for drawing maps or automatically plotting points on them.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > drawing instruments > for graphs or charts > for points on
plotter1907
1907 H. A. Bethell Mod. Guns 173 For large angles..the switching angle must be calculated or measured..with the field plotter.
1926 R. M. Abraham Surv. Instr. x. 174 When the region to be mapped is rugged or mountainous the stereo method in conjunction with a suitable plotter is undoubtedly superior to all others.
1943 A. L. Higgins Elem. Surv. viii. 102 Angles are..constructed directly, so that the instrument is a goniograph, or angle plotter.
1972 Sci. Amer. Mar. 2/2 (advt.) Our 745 flatbed plotter will scribe lines equal to the tolerances and standards of the most skilled mapmaker's hand.
1992 Canad. Yachting Oct. 34/2 The plotter allows the user to locate himself on a chart without reference to Lat/Long.
c. Computing. A printing device for producing graphs or line drawings in response to computer output; (hence) any device capable of drawing with a pen under the control of a computer.
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society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > printer > plotter
plotter1956
drum plotter1965
society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > printer > plotter > for graphs
plotting board1890
plotter1956
plotting table1960
society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > drawing instruments > for graphs or charts
plotting board1890
plotter1956
plotting table1960
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > instrument for sketching > computer-aided device
plotter1956
1956 Proc. Eastern Joint Computer Conf. 73/2 The development of a digital plotter capable of absorbing the output of..digital computers used in processing of missible ballistic data.
1970 Computers & Humanities 4 315 The sc4020 can be used in a high speed plotter mode, with the normal character set available on a line printer.
1985 Personal Computer World Feb. 177/3 The serious application with the highest number of potential uses for a low-cost plotter is the production of business graphics from the spreadsheet models.
1991 Public Wks. Oct. 26/3 Data output can be directed to a printer, plotter, external disk drive, modem, or other office computer.
3. A person who owns or leases, and cultivates, a plot of land; a plot-holder; a smallholder.
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the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > owner > landowner > one who owns plot
lot holder1741
plotter1927
1927 Smallholder 20 Mar. 106/3 Every plotter should pull his weight, not only for his own sake but for the good of the national cause.
1976 D. G. Hessayon (title) Vegetable plotter.
1999 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 30 June 19 Some people, however (not we plotters, naturally), are a touch snooty about vegetable growing.
Compounds
plotter pen n. Computing a pen for use with a plotter (sense 2c).
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > pen > pen for specific use
text-pen1589
mapping pen1840
music-pen1840
rastrum1876
highlighter1963
plotter pen1965
wheel pen-
1964 Science 4 Dec. 1243/1 (advt.) Our exclusive point-plotter pen has a porous steel point that keeps ink flowing regularly.]
1965 Science 24 Sept. 1446/2 The frequencies can easily be made small enough so that the maximum speed of the plotter pen is not exceeded.
2002 IIE Trans. (Nexis) 34 335 The tool motion is achieved through an X-Y motion similar to a plotter pen.
plotter-printer n. Computing a device that combines the functions of a plotter and a (text) printer.
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society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [noun] > computer printer
printer1946
plotter-printer1972
1957 Science 1 Mar. 414/3 Printer-plotter uses electrographic principles to achieve a printing speed of 5000 characters serially.]
1972 Science 17 Nov. 691 (advt.) We think it is now the finest plotter/printer in the world.
2002 Printing News (Nexis) 24 June 11 Today's wide-format printers have replaced traditional plotter-printer technologies with more flexible and colorful inkjet printheads.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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