Definition of Machinator

1. Noun. A member of a conspiracy.

Exact synonyms: Coconspirator, Conspirator, Plotter
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

machicotage
machicote
machicotes
machilid
machilids
machinabilities
machinability
machinable
machinal
machinate
machinated
machinates
machinating
machination
machinations
machinator (current term)
machinators
machine-accessible
machine-controlled
machine-displayable text
machine-driven
machine-gun
machine-gunner
machine-gunners
machine-made
machine-oriented language
machine-readable
machine-readable dictionaries
machine-readable dictionary

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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