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manœuvrer|məˈnuːvrə(r)| Also manœuverer. [f. manœuvre v. + -er1.] 1. One who manœuvres.
1800A. Carlyle Autobiog. 308 He had told him that Byng, though a much admired commander and manœuvrer of a fleet, would shun fighting. 1809M. Edgeworth Manœuvring i, This charming widow Beaumont is a manœuvrer. We can't well make an English word of it. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. 98 Her sister was a match-making lady, a manœuvrer. 1884C. L. Pirkis Jud. Wynne I. xvii. 212 Your quiet, reserved girls are generally the sly, clever manœuvrers. 2. An implement for manœuvring.
18..Engineer LXVII. 214 (Cent.) Different forms of simple, balanced, and divided rudders were then described, including..Thomson's stern-way manœuverer. |