contriver

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contriver

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From contrive + -er.

noun contrivers

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.
Similar: creator, inventer, planner, plotter, schemer

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"contriver." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/contriver.

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@misc{contriver_2026,
  title = {contriver},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/contriver},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}