CONSPIRATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conspirator mean? 

• CONSPIRATOR (noun)
  The noun CONSPIRATOR has 1 sense:

1. a member of a conspiracy

  Familiarity information: CONSPIRATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSPIRATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a conspiracy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

coconspirator; conspirator; machinator; plotter

Hypernyms ("conspirator" is a kind of...):

criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)

Instance hyponyms:

Fawkes; Guy Fawkes (English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606))

Oates; Titus Oates (English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705))

Holonyms ("conspirator" is a member of...):

confederacy; conspiracy (a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose)

Derivation:

conspiratorial (relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators)

conspire (engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together)

 Context examples 

The embers of the great fire had so far burned themselves out and now glowed so low and duskily that I understood why these conspirators desired a torch.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Thanks to the conspirators, the tables were turned that night, for Hayes sent up a wilderness of flowers, with a loverly basket arranged in his best manner for a centerpiece.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The poor girl, however, was herself a prisoner, for there was no one about the house except the man who acted as coachman, and his wife, both of whom were tools of the conspirators.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Upon my word, you may put it down to my weak nerves or not, but I believe there is some deep political intrigue going on around me, and that for some reason that passes my understanding my life is aimed at by the conspirators.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)