plotter

Plural: plotters

Noun

• One who devises secret schemes; a person who plots.
• a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action
• a clerk who marks data on a chart
• a member of a conspiracy
• an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures
• A person who plots.
• An output device that draws graphs and other pictorial images on paper, sometimes using attached pens.
• An instrument used to mark or find the position of a vessel on a chart.
• An author who usually relies on a plan or outline to organize their story.

Verb

• Alternative form of plouter.

Examples

• He was a master PLOTTER, always planning his next high-scoring word several turns ahead.

Synonyms

coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, mapper, schemer