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Meanings of schemer in English

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intrigant

A planner who draws up a personal scheme of action.

intrigant
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Examples for "plotter"
Examples for "plotter"
1
He was not in the least Dorothy's idea of a dangerous plotter.
A Rock in the Baltic
2
The small plotter returned the correspondence with a little sigh of relief.
The Price
3
No one believed I was not an arch plotter in his financing.
Tono-Bungay
4
He has been depicted as hypocrite and plotter against his rightful sovereign.
A Hero and Some Other Folks
5
He swiveled around to his plotter and ran the numbers and geometry.
Beginnings
Usage of schemer in English
1
Davis, then 26, was a midfield schemer with a poetic left foot.
The Guardian
2
She was such a charming schemer, but I now had her number.
Secret Sanction
3
Every event had been foreseen and provided for by the old schemer.
The Firm of Girdlestone
4
No adventurous schemer could impoverish his family by the spirit of speculation.
History of the Conquest of Peru
5
The schemer, resolute to make the war serve his ends, appeared everywhere.
Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics
6
Whatever the schemer bade him do, he did without shame or scruple.
Run to Earth: A Novel
7
Bolivar fancied San Martin a crafty schemer plotting for his own advancement.
The Hispanic Nations of the New World: A Chronicle of Our Southe...
8
You needn't make me out to be some kind of heartless schemer.
In for a penny
9
Now you will see what a schemer your mother is, my dear.
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle; Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run
10
The wildest imaginings run riot in the schemer's brain: every hour, nay!
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk: A Romance of the XVIIth Century
11
Was he really, after all, a mild schemer with an ethical outlook?
Watersprings
12
An ordinary schemer would have been content to work with a savage hound.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
13
Does the mannie strike ye either as a criminal or a great schemer?
Dangerous Women
14
She wondered where the cool and politically savvy schemer within her had gone.
Paul of dune
15
He had half pooh-poohed away the fears of the young schemer.
The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
16
She felt all the fiery indignation of the schemer who has been outwitted.
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig: A Novel
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Schemer through the time
Schemer across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common