intriguer
(ɪnˈtriːgə(r))
[f. prec. + -er1. Cf. F. intrigueur (17th c.).]
One who intrigues; one who carries on a tortuous or underhand plot; a secret schemer or manœuvrer, esp. in politics.
| 1667 Pepys Diary 28 Oct., He never was an intriguer in his life, nor will be. 1710 Steele Tatler No. 193 ¶3 A Gentleman of the Inns of Court, and a deep Intriguer. 1796 Burke Regic. Peace ii. Wks. VIII. 240 All the intriguers in foreign politicks, all the spies, all the intelligencers..acted solely upon that principle. 1844 Kinglake Eothen vi. (1878) 85 They [the Greeks] were intriguers-general of S.W. Asia. |
b. One who carries on an intrigue or liaison.
| a 1719 Addison (J.), I desire that intriguers will not make a pimp of my lion, and convey their thoughts to one another. 1775 Sheridan Rivals ii. i, He..was in his youth a bold intriguer and a gay companion. |