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contrivers

contrivers is the plural of contriver.

Meaning of contriver

Noun

contriver (plural contrivers)

  1. 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.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about contrivers

What is contrivers the plural of?
Contrivers is the plural of contriver.

Words near contrivers in the dictionary

  1. contrivedness
  2. contrivedst
  3. contrivement
  4. contrivements
  5. contriver
  6. contrivers
  7. contrives
  8. contrivest
  9. contriveth
  10. contriving
  11. contrivings

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