Plotters

plot·ter

[plot-er]
noun
1.
a person or thing that plots.
2.
an instrument, as a protractor, for plotting lines and measuring angles on a chart.
3.
Computers. an output device that produces a graphical representation by drawing on paper, as with one or more attached pens.

Origin:
1580–90; plot + -er1

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plotter

noun
1. a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action [syn: schemer
2. a clerk who marks data on a chart 
3. a member of a conspiracy [syn: conspirator
4. an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures 
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