Schemer
['skimɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Planner, projector, contriver.
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Examples
- This is a longer-headed schemer than I thought him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I don't mince words--a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer, who meant to have his son-in-law back all along. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She was the finest, deepest, subtlest schemer in Europe. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Prince ceased to be a single and secretive Machiavellian schemer, and became merely the crowned symbol of a Machiavellian scheme. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Much as he disliked him, Maurice could not but feel sorry for the shame and agony felt by the baffled schemer. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Never was a more undisguised schemer, a franker, looser intriguer. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- My lord, however, made no such proposal to the little schemer--very likely thinking that he had been sufficiently generous already. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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