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Schemer definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCHE'MER, n. One that contrives; a projector; a contriver.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action [syn: schemer, plotter]

Merriam Webster's

noun see scheme II

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Schemer Schem"er, n. One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer. Schemers and confederates in guilt. --Paley.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(schemers) If you refer to someone as a schemer, you mean that they make secret plans in order to get some benefit for themselves. ...office schemers who think of nothing but their own advancement. N-COUNT [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Planner, projector, contriver, plotter.

Moby Thesaurus

Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Machiavellian, Quisling, archtraitor, betrayer, calculator, cockatrice, coconspirator, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, counterplotter, double agent, double-crosser, double-dealer, exploiter, finagler, informer, intrigant, intriguer, machinator, maneuverer, manipulator, operator, opportunist, plotter, quisling, rat, serpent, snake, strategist, tactician, timeserver, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, turncoat, wire-puller