Synonyms for conspirator


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhn-spir-uh-ter
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈspɪr ə tər


Définition of conspirator

Origin :
  • c.1400, conspyratour, from Old French conspirateur, from Latin conspiratorem (nominative conspiratorio), noun of action from conspirat-, past participle stem of conspirare (see conspire). Fem. form conspiratress is from mid-18c. Related: Conspiratorial; conspiratorially; conspiratory.
  • noun schemer
Example sentences :
  • Murmur is regarded as mutiny, and he who complains is shot as a conspirator.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith
  • They were quite alone in as lonely a spot as any conspirator could desire.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • An English conspirator is the most harmless of all creatures.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • This might have been the language of an able conspirator conciliating a weak spirit.
  • Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling
  • I felt like a conspirator stealing out of the house this morning.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various
  • Suppose we start with the theory that this is what your conspirator chaps have in mind.
  • Extract from : « Plotting in Pirate Seas » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • The Jesuit seemed to the English not merely a conspirator but a sort of anarchist.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of England » by G. K. Chesterton
  • You had one more purpose; the death of two men, the czar and the conspirator.
  • Extract from : « Princess Zara » by Ross Beeckman
  • Though the conspirator did not yet believe that his plan had failed, the old man did.
  • Extract from : « Freaks of Fortune » by Oliver Optic
  • Guy Fawkes: a conspirator who tried to blow up the King and Parliament in 1605.
  • Extract from : « The History of London » by Walter Besant

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