Contriver
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who contrives.
"I’ll tell thee, Charles, it is the stubbornest young fellow of France; full of ambition, an envious emulator of every man’s good parts, a secret and villainous contriver against me his natural brother."
- 2 a person who makes plans wordnet
Example
More examples"I’ll tell thee, Charles, it is the stubbornest young fellow of France; full of ambition, an envious emulator of every man’s good parts, a secret and villainous contriver against me his natural brother."
Etymology
From contrive + -er.
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