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.
Recent Examples on the Web In the end, President Chaim Herzog, against the recommendations of Shin Bet and the Justice Ministry, signed an extraordinary series of pardons and commutations for the plotters. Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024 Now, instead of waging war with whitetails, Williams focuses full-time on growing and selling mushroom spawn to food plotters and habitat managers through his family business, MycoHabitat. Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2024 The coup plotters set up their own government, a military junta called the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, to run the country – even as the president still refuses to resign. Carla Martinez MacHain, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2024 Many student plotters have access to weapons, including unimpeded access to firearms. L. M. Boyd, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024 Many of the kidnapping plotters attended the armed protest at the Michigan state capitol. Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2024 In between, the lead plotters decided to kill Moïse on July 4, but pushed the plan back for three days, according to the indictment. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024 Until this week, U.S. investigators had given considerable weight to evidence that suggested the plotters had abandoned Sanon as Moïse’s successor after the airport saga, in favor of Haitian Supreme Court Justice Windelle Coq Thélot. Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024 The coup plotters are either out (board members Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley) or severely chastened (cofounder and now former board member Ilya Sutskever). David Meyer, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2023

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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 28 May. 2024.

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