intrigant

I cannot, therefore, admit that either my complaints or suspicions are "tout a fait imaginaires," or that they are "des petitesses," as your excellency is pleased contemptuously to term them; but whatever they are, they originate in my own observation, without any assistance from the spectacles of an "intrigant," with which I am so gratuitously accommodated by your excellency.

The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald 1873

That such abuses do really exist I have proved beyond the power of contradiction; and that they are at least tolerated by those -- whoever they may be -- who possess without exercising the means of preventing, does not require the ingenuity of an "intrigant" to discover, as the fact is self-evident.

The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald 1873

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 Frederic Stewart Isham

I know him as courtier, too, and as a bold _intrigant_.

The Short-story William Patterson Atkinson

I knew him as a courtier, too, and as a bold intrigant.

The Purloined Letter 1917

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 Henry Russell Miller 1917

He is an intrigant in politics, and has no domestic life in him; while Tina, however much she loves and appreciates admiration, has a perfect woman's heart.

Oldtown Folks 1869

I cannot, therefore, admit that either my complaints or suspicions are “tout a fait imaginaires,” or that they are “des petitesses,” as your excellency is pleased contemptuously to term them; but whatever they are, they originate in my own observation, without any assistance from the spectacles of an “intrigant,” with which I am so gratuitously accommodated by your excellency.

The Life of Thomas Lord Cochrane Cochrane, Thomas 1869

[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 Anonymous 1855

That Charles was the _intrigant_ must be clear and palpable from what had happened, and accordingly, after taking a serious review of his own iniquity, he felt, as we said, peculiarly gratified with his prospects.

The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831