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contriver (s) (noun), contrivers (pl)
1. Someone who plans, devises, or invents with ingenuity: As a contriver, Mark developed a clever plan to get his new job and even with higher pay.
2. Anyone who brings about or effects a plan, a scheme, or something similar, to achieve an objective: The congressman was known as a contriver who devised an unusual technique to gain more votes.