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 plotters coördinated through a Signal chat, called World Cup 2022, in which each identified himself as a national team: Austria, Germany, Ghana. Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 The plotter’s approach resembles architectural design. Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025 The men separately spoke about a civil nuclear agreement and the extradition of 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack plotter Tahawwur Rana. Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Feb. 2025 Though ultimately abandoned, the plotters went so far as to begin tracking Moraes’s movements, according to the New York Times. Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Feb. 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 22 Apr. 2025.

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