intriguant

Yet Nicolaus continues to describe Alexandra as an incessant intriguant.

Hasmonean Women. 2009

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

The Purloined Letter 2006

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

Selections from Poe J. Montgomery Gambrill

"Pars pour Crete" chorus in the second act of _La Belle Helene_ -- where, if you remember, the unfortunate Menelaus is hustled off the stage, in company with his portly umbrella and other belongings, in order to make room for the advent of Paris, the "gay deceiver," the successful intriguant!

She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.

Colonel Kane has got the start of him since he went dans la carriere politique, mais le bon Colonel est un peu plus intriguant que son camarade; celui-ci est certainement un charactere bien sauvage, un melange d'irlandois et de Creol, et avec tout cela, un fort honnete garcon ....

George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue

Fanny, there was nothing of the intriguant about her.

Fanny Herself Edna Ferber 1926

As for Fanny, there was nothing of the intriguant about her.

Fanny Herself 1917

His friend Colonel Kane has got the start of him since he went dans la carriere politique, mais le bon Colonel est un peu plus intriguant que son camarade; celui-ci est certainement un charactere bien sauvage, un melange d'irlandois et de Creol, et avec tout cela, un fort honnete garcon ....

George Selwyn His Letters and His Life Ed 1899

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

Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

But in this country one can never be quite sure what the pressure of political opposition or support may wring from a weak Government in the way of concession to any _intriguant; _ and, if Flores can command votes, he may be listened to; otherwise not, I fancy.

Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. John Knox Laughton 1872