Meaning of DABBLER
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- [n] any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling
- [n] an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
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| | Synonyms: | | dabbling duck, dilettante, sciolist |
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| | Antonyms: | | diving duck | | |
| | See Also: | | amateur, duck | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dab"bler\, n.
1. One who dabbles.
2. One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial
meddler. ``our dabblers in politics.'' --Swift.
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| | Related Terms: | | abecedarian, amateur, coquet, criticaster, dabster, dallier, dilettante, dunce, flirt, fool, fribble, grammaticaster, greenhorn, greeny, half scholar, ignoramus, illiterate, illiterati, know-nothing, lowbrow, middlebrow, no scholar, nonprofessional, philologaster, philosophaster, piddler, potterer, puddinghead, putterer, sciolist, smatterer, Sunday painter, tenderfoot, trifler, tyro, unintelligentsia |
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