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Definition of Machinator
1. Noun. A member of a conspiracy.
Group relationships: Confederacy, Conspiracy
Generic synonyms: Criminal, Crook, Felon, Malefactor, Outlaw
Specialized synonyms: Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, Oates, Titus Oates
Derivative terms: Coconspire, Conspiratorial, Conspire, Machinate
Definition of Machinator
1. n. One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
Definition of Machinator
1. Noun. One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Machinator
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Machinator
Literary usage of Machinator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophical and Theological Works of by John Hutchinson (1748)
"... one who .contrives as well as works ; and the Word machinator (tho' it has
been misapplied) is a cunning De- ..."
2. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"In the case of the emigration with a cargo : machinator, say a rival trader. 3.
... Many are the ways in which, for any such purpose, the machinator may, ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"That which is planned or contrived; a plot; an artful design formed with
deliberation ; especially, a hostile or treacherous scheme. machinator ..."
4. Dictionary of Latin Synonymes: For the Use of Schools and Private Students by Ludwig Ramshorn, Francis Lieber (1841)
"machinator, who invents or makes machines, that is, skilfully composed instruments
or assemblages of such, in order to produce or facilitate motion ..."
5. Travels Through the Alps of Savoy: And Other Parts of the Pennine Chain by James David Forbes (1844)
"... are we disposed to agree with Mr Taylor, who, on another occasion, represents
that Father as the dupe of his own credulity, not the machinator of fraud. ..."
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