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[ plot-er ] / ˈplɒt ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR plotter ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person or thing that plots. an instrument, as a protractor, for plotting lines and measuring angles on a chart. Computers. an output device that produces a graphical representation by drawing on paper, as with one or more attached pens. Origin of plotterFirst recorded in 1580–90; plot + -er1 Words nearby plotterPlotinian, Plotinism, Plotinus, plot line, plottage, plotter, Plott hound, plotting board, plotting sheet, plotty, plotz Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for plotterAwoonor had driven the friend to Togo only to be accused of abetting the escape of a plotter in an unsuccessful coup. Kofi Awoonor, the Ghanaian Poet Killed in Westgate Mall Attack|Michael Daly|September 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST Another accused 9/11 plotter, Ramzi bin al-Shibh was arrested in Karachi that same year. The U.S. and Pakistan: Can This Marriage Be Saved?|Ron Moreau|April 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST The American al Qaeda plotter Anwar al-Awlaki was the most prolific advocate of the lone-attack tactic. Mohamed Merah, Who Killed 7 in France, Embodied al Qaeda’s Lone Jihadist Campaign|Bruce Riedel|April 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST The Guardian calls Hage a stylist and a plotter who manages both “with great brio and expertise.” This Week's Hot Reads|The Daily Beast|October 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
I have supplied a motive, one motive, for the crime; the plotter feared discovery. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley|Louis Tracy Till sundry appetizing odors began to drift out to him from the plotter's cookery, Rob did not realize that he was hungry. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam|John Henry Goldfrap But this is allowing to the young-man's wisdom of my brother; a plotter without a head, and a brother without a heart! Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)|Samuel Richardson Marry me now, this hour, Elizabeth, and face the world that will call you plotter and adventuress. He was a plotter; he went about to slay Godfrey Ablewhite as coldly and craftily as the Indians did. The Victorian Age in Literature|G. K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for plotter
nounan instrument for plotting lines or angles on a chart a person who plots; conspirator Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to plottercollaborator, traitor, accomplice, participant, plaintiff, actor, contractor, agent, confederate, defendant, partaker, litigant, sharer, subversive, betrayer, highbinder, compurgator, participator, backstabber, caballer |