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 goal of Gideon was to replace Maduro by installing Guaidó, whose name appears on a contract purportedly signed with the coup plotters. Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025 Thompson is perfectly paired with Wilson, an actor who can go from disheveled wallflower to calculating plotter to deer-in-the-headlights comic fighter with a widening of the eye or twisting of the lips. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025 The plotters received extensive aid from the U.S., where plans were also drawn up to provide military support should the upheaval devolve into a civil war. Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025 As a result, African post-coup governments are staying in power longer, which in turn emboldens coup plotters elsewhere who see a more permissive environment. John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025 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 15 Nov. 2025.

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