intrigant

• I know him as courtier, too, and as a bold _intrigant_. —  The Short-story
• [FN#268] Here again we have a suggestion that Ja'afar presumed upon his favour with the Caliph; such presumption would soon be reported (perhaps by the austère intrigant himself) to the royal ears, and lay the foundation of ill-will likely to end in utter destruction. —  Arabian nights. English
• Fools had oft intruded themselves in great events ere this, but not those who wore the motley; heretofore had the latter been content with the posts of entertainers, leaving to others the more precarious offices of intrigant. —  Under the Rose
• Here, for intrigant and ravager, penitent and saint, failure and world-weary, was sanctuary -- respite, if only for an hour, from sin and strife, passion and hate and self. —  The House of Toys
• "marchands d'argant, aristocrate, douteux, modére, intrigant, egoiste fanatique. —  The French Revolution - Volume 3

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