Complotter

Part of speech: noun

Pronunciation: /kəmˈplɒtəɹ/

Definitions

1. A person who secretly strategizes with others to achieve a hidden objective
2. An individual who collaborates covertly with others to execute a hidden scheme
3. Someone who takes part in confidential plotting with a group to further undisclosed goals

Etymology: "Complotter" is a simple formation: it takes "complot," a French word meaning a conspiracy or secret plot, and adds the suffix "-er," which marks a person who performs an action. A complotter is therefore someone who plots in secret, a conspirator in the making. The base "complot" is itself borrowed from French, where it carries the same sense of a secret scheme against someone or something. English adopted that noun first, and the agent form followed the usual pattern of attaching "-er" to a noun to name the doer of an activity. The result is a word that describes not the plot but the person hatching it.

Synonyms: conspirator, plotter