manœuvrer
(məˈnuːvrə(r))
Also manœuverer.
[f. manœuvre v. + -er1.]
1. One who manœuvres.
| 1800 A. Carlyle Autobiog. 308 He had told him that Byng, though a much admired commander and manœuvrer of a fleet, would shun fighting. 1809 M. Edgeworth Manœuvring i, This charming widow Beaumont is a manœuvrer. We can't well make an English word of it. 1824 Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. 98 Her sister was a match-making lady, a manœuvrer. 1884 C. L. Pirkis Jud. Wynne I. xvii. 212 Your quiet, reserved girls are generally the sly, clever manœuvrers. |
2. An implement for manœuvring.
| 18.. Engineer LXVII. 214 (Cent.) Different forms of simple, balanced, and divided rudders were then described, including..Thomson's stern-way manœuverer. |