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plotter

[ plot-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that plots.
  2. an instrument, as a protractor, for plotting lines and measuring angles on a chart.
  3. Computers. an output device that produces a graphical representation by drawing on paper, as with one or more attached pens.


plotter

/ ˈɒə /

noun

  1. an instrument for plotting lines or angles on a chart
  2. 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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of plotter1

First recorded in 1580–90; plot + -er 1
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Burkina Faso's military government has said it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the army alleging the plotters were based in neighbouring Ivory Coast.

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Trump is seething with anger and resentment at having been officially exposed as a sexual predator, a fraud, a coup plotter and a thief.

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The fact most of the coup plotters were from south-eastern Nigeria meant the coup became known as an "Igbo coup" - a label Babangida rejects.

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to make, then, of a movie that puts Bonhoeffer in the room with assassination plotters or asking British clergy to smuggle in explosives?

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According to the statement, the plotters had not just planned to assassinate the president-elect and the vice-president-elect but also wanted to arrest and execute a member of the Supreme Court once their coup was successful.

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