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conspirator(dictionary)

helpmate (iou) and conspirator (iou)


helpmate (iou)



helpmate noun. E18.
[from HELP noun or verb + MATE noun2; prob. infl. by HELPMEET.]
A companion who is a help or who gives help; a partner, esp. a husband or wife.

conspirator (iou)



conspirator noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman conspiratour, Old & mod. French -eur, from Latin conspirator, from conspirat-: see CONSPIRACY, -OR.]
A person who conspires or is engaged in a conspiracy.
conspirative adjective conspiratorial L19.
conspira'torial adjective pertaining to or characteristic of a conspirator or conspiracy; suggestive of a conspirator: M19.
conspira'torially adverb E20.
conspiratory adjective conspiratorial E19.
conspiratress noun a female conspirator L18.