contriver
noun
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English contrive Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English contriver From contrive + -er.
- A person who contrives.
“I’ll tell thee, Charles, it is the stubbornest young fellow of France; full of ambition, an envious emulator of every man’s good parts, a secret and villainous contriver against me his natural brother.”
“[…] those desctructive Machines, whereof he said, some evil Genius, Enemy to Mankind, must have been the first Contriver.”