plotter

noun

plot·​ter ˈplä-tər How to pronounce plotter (audio)
: one that plots: such as
a
: a person who schemes or conspires
b
: a contriver of a literary plot
c
: a device for plotting
specifically : an instrument that graphs computer output

Examples of plotter in a Sentence

The police caught the plotters of the bank heist.
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An especially popular move is to send coup plotters into exile to discourage their supporters from mobilizing against the regime. Joe Wright, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025 For decades, generals, coup-plotters, and torturers walked free under the shield of amnesty laws passed after the country’s 21-year dictatorship. Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025 Though ultimately abandoned, the plotters went so far as to begin tracking Moraes’s movements, according to the New York Times. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2025 The big difference is that a plotter typically uses digital commands to control the pen’s motion, while the motion of a recorder’s pen is controlled by analog voltage inputs. Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for plotter

Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of plotter was in 1588

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“Plotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plotter. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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