A plotter is a person who secretly plans with others to do something that is illegal or wrong, usually against a person or government.
Coup plotters tried to seize power in Moscow.
2. countable noun
A plotter is a person or instrument that marks the position of something such as a ship ona map or chart.
More Synonyms of plotter
plotter in British English
(ˈplɒtə)
noun
1.
an instrument for plotting lines or angles on a chart
2.
a person who plots; conspirator
plotter in American English
(ˈplɑtər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that plots
2. Computing
a peripheral for producing charts, graphs, etc. directly from data
Examples of 'plotter' in a sentence
plotter
It was purchased just a month before the alleged terror plotters were arrested.
The Sun (2008)
It had been hijacked by coup plotters.
The Sun (2016)
Last week a retrial of two alleged fellow plotters saw them walk free.
The Sun (2016)
Designers and architects use these plotters.
Chapman, C. & Horsley, M. & Small, E. Technology Basic Facts (1990)
Some had the alleged plotters' fingerprints on them.
The Sun (2007)
The arrest of such powerful men was almost inconceivable a decade ago unless they were direct rivals of the incumbent president and possible coup plotters.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Military officials said that they feared a deadly purge of the armed forces, because some of the alleged plotters were members of the presidentialguard.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
plotter
British English: plotter NOUN
A plotter is a person who secretly plans with others to do something that is illegal or wrong.
Coup plotters tried to seize power in the capital.
American English: plotter
Brazilian Portuguese: conspirador
Chinese: 策划者
European Spanish: conspirador
French: conspirateur
German: Verschwörer
Italian: cospiratore
Japanese: 陰謀者
Korean: 음모자
European Portuguese: conspirador
Latin American Spanish: conspirador
(noun)
the chief plotter behind the unsuccessful coup attempt