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[mahr-plot] 
–noun
| a person who mars or defeats a plot, design, or project by meddling. |
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| mar·plot (mär'plŏt') n. An officious meddler whose interference compromises the success of an undertaking. [After Marplot, a character in The Busy Body, a play by Susannah Centlivre (1669-1723).] |
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Marplot
Mar"plot`\, n. One who, by his officious ?nterference, mars or frustrates a design or plot.
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