One who compasses; esp. †a designer, contriver.

An author or designer of something; a plotter, a schemer. Frequently (esp. in later use) with figurative allusion to senses 1a or 2.

A caviller, wrangler, haggler, dodger.

One who ingeniously or artfully devises the effecting of anything; one who effects by plotting or scheming; a schemer, plotter.

One who devises; a contriver, inventor, framer, forger, plotter, schemer, etc.: cf. the verb.

= intriguer, n.

A plotter, a schemer; = practitioner, n. 4. Obsolete.

A schemer; a plotter, a conspirator. Cf. practise, v. 9.

A plotter, a conspirator; a person involved in or given to treachery or deceit. Obsolete.

A concocter, contriver of.

A person who designs or devises a plan or scheme, esp. for church government; (derogatory) a plotter, a conspirator. Obsolete.

figurative. A person who contrives or devises a plot, scheme, etc., esp. clandestinely. Also (rarely): a place where such plots are contrived…

A schemer or plotter; a shrewd, sagacious, or crafty person. In later use also (esp. U.S. derogatory, influenced by sense A. 2b): a self-interested…

A person who plans or takes part in a plot to achieve an unlawful end; a conspirator.

One who tampers; a schemer; a meddler.

A person who machinates; a contriver, intriguer, plotter, or schemer.

†(a) a map-maker (obsolete); (b) = plotter, n. 1b.

one who has underhand dealings; a secret trafficker; an intriguer.

One who intrigues; one who carries on a tortuous or underhand plot; a secret schemer or manœuvrer, esp. in politics.

One who is concerned with intrigues; a plotter. Obsolete.

An underhand schemer.

An intriguer.

A person who practises policy, a schemer.

A professional or habitual intriguer.

One who plots, or lays plans in an underhand manner.

A person responsible for planning urban or land development.

A schemer, esp. in business or politics; one who wheels and deals (see quot. 1960).