schemern.
/ˈskiːmə/, U.S. /ˈskimər/ 1. One who devises or enters into schemes.
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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
1724 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. Mar. (1966) II. 38 They call themselves Schemers, and meet..3 times a week to consult on Galant Schemes.
1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. i. iv. 22 I therefore immediately became a Schemer.
1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. xxii. 264 I was born a schemer.
1875 H. W. Longfellow Pandora 111 Tempt no more the noble schemer.
2. One who plots, or lays plans in an underhand manner.
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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
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > contrivance or machination > one who
Machiavellist1565
Machiavellian1566
Machiavel1571
designer1598
stratagemitor1602
stratagematist1609
angler1622
artist1648
intriguer1667
volpone1672
finesser1773
manoeuvrera1805
intriguist1830
schemer1846
Machiavelli1849
1846 F. Marryat Valerie vii, in New Monthly Mag. Oct. 138 Lady M—— is a schemer, always plotting.
1884 Christian 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.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who
skulkc1320
loundererc1425
old soldier1722
malingerer1785
skulker1785
shirker1799
shirk1818
slink1824
schemer1843
sconcer1843
scrimshanker1882
scrimshank1886
sooner1892
Weary Willie1896
slacker1898
slackster1901
sugarer1904
work-shy1904
gold brick1905
tired Tim (also Timothy)1906
lead-swinger1917
piker1917
gold-bricker1919
slinker1919
poler1938
skiver1941
1843 H. Gavin Feigned & Factitious Dis. 32 The—regiment..were all schemers and malingerers.
4. (See quot. 1867.)
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > one in charge of hold
skeeman1820
schemer1867
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Schemer, one who has charge of the hold of a North Sea ship.
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