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MACHINATOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a conspiracy

Synonyms:

coconspirator; conspirator; machinator; plotter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("machinator" is a kind of...):

criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)

Instance hyponyms:

Fawkes; Guy Fawkes (English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606))

Oates; Titus Oates (English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705))

Holonyms ("machinator" is a member of...):

confederacy; conspiracy (a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose)

Derivation:

machinate (engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together)

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