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Definition of Dabbler
1. Noun. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge.
Generic synonyms: Amateur
Derivative terms: Dabble, Dilettante, Sciolism
2. Noun. Any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling.
Definition of Dabbler
1. n. One who dabbles.
Definition of Dabbler
1. Noun. one who dabbles ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dabbler
1. one that dabbles [n -S] - See also: dabbles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dabbler
Literary usage of Dabbler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages (1869)
"No one should presume to give his opinion in a province of art in which he is
only a dabbler. It is worthy of remark that throughout his life Apelles ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"... dabbler, half-scholar. Tythe, я. See TITHE. Tzar, n. Emperor of Russia, czar.
Tzarina, n. Empress of Russia, czarina, ..."
3. Anecdotes of Polite Literature (1764)
"... a bad critic*, and a dabbler * The critical works of Voltaire are but ...
Dum iad to be wrote ,bjf a man who pretends to any acquaintance with dabbler ..."
4. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"An essay on the Humbug, by a dabbler in natural history. A conference on the
three dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness, between three persons, ..."
5. Poems by Grant McGee (1914)
"What a fool is the dabbler Who writes of soul-weeping, Whose heart all the while
Is hi merriment leaping; Who thinks to paint pictures Of slimy snakes ..."
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