A person who engages in secret plotting, scheming, or intrigue; someone involved in political maneuvering.
From French 'brigueur,' derived from 'brigue.' This agent noun describes someone actively engaged in the act of scheming or intrigue.
A 'briguer' was the kind of person diplomats and courtiers feared most—think of Cardinal Richelieu's spies or the shadowy figures in Shakespeare's historical plays who worked behind the scenes.
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