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Definition of Bumbler
1. Noun. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
Generic synonyms: Incompetent, Incompetent Person
Derivative terms: Blunder, Botch, Bumble, Bungle, Bungle, Butcherly, Fumble, Stumble
Definition of Bumbler
1. Noun. Someone who bumbles; a stumbler or blunderer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bumbler
1. one that bumbles [n -S] - See also: bumbles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bumbler
Literary usage of Bumbler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cecil Rhodes: His Political Life and Speeches, 1881-1900 by Vindex (F. Verschoyle), F. Verschoyle, Vindex (1900)
"Why he was called “the bumbler” I hardly know, but I think Mr. Merriman must have
... At all events, he has remained “the bumbler” down to the present day. ..."
2. Fors Clavigera: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain by John Ruskin (1875)
"A humble or bumble bee is there called a ' bumbler.' To bumble in Durham means
to go buzzing about; a fussy man would be called a great bumbler. ..."
3. Red-letter Poems by English Men and Women by Thomas Young Crowell (1885)
"Say, should the philosophic mind disdain That good which makes each bumbler bosom
vain? , Let school-taught pride dissemble all it can, These little things ..."
4. The Old Virginia Gentleman: And Other Sketches by George William Bagby (1910)
"For my part, I hope the bridge will never be mended, but stay just as it is until
the bumbler-bees—humble- bees? not any, I thank you—I speak Virginian, ..."
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