plotter

noun

plot·​ter ˈplä-tər How to pronounce plotter (audio)
: one that plots: such as
a
: a person who schemes or conspires
b
: a contriver of a literary plot
c
: a device for plotting
specifically : an instrument that graphs computer output

Examples of plotter in a Sentence

The police caught the plotters of the bank heist.
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The alleged coup plotters envisaged the assassination of Lula’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the Supreme Court said in its arrest order. Tara John, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024 Like the kamikaze pilots in the same story, whose deaths lost their sacred meaning once Emperor Hirohito renounced his divinity after the war, the plotters in 1936 worshipped not a man but a deity. Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025 The following week, two other 9/11 plotters are expected to plead guilty under the same plea agreement. Luis Martinez, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025 The plotters also seized several of their rivals at court and executed them. Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for plotter 

Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of plotter was in 1588

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“Plotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plotter. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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