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Machinator

Machinator \Mach"i*na`tor\, n. [L.] One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
--Glanvill. Sir W. Scott.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
machinator

1610s, from Latin machinator, agent noun from past participle stem of machinari "design, contrive, plot" (see machine (n.)).

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machinator

n. One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.

WordNet
machinator

n. a member of a conspiracy [syn: conspirator, coconspirator, plotter]