Definition of Dauber

1. Noun. An unskilled painter.

Generic synonyms: Painter
Derivative terms: Daub

Definition of Dauber

1. n. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.

Definition of Dauber

1. Noun. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dauber

1. one that daubs [n -S] - See also: daubs

Medical Definition of Dauber

1. 1. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter. 2. A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber. 3. A low and gross flattere. 4. The mud wasp; the mud dauber. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dauber

datum planes
datum point
datum points
datum surface
datum surfaces
datums
datura
daturas
daturic
daturine
daturines
daturism
daub
daube
daubed
dauber (current term)
dauberies
daubers
daubery
daubes
daubier
daubiest
daubing
daubingly
daubings
daubreelite
daubreelites
daubries
daubry
daubs

Literary usage of Dauber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poems of the English Race by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1921)
"Reprinted from "dauber" by special permission of the publishers and the author. ... The dauber felt the prelude had begun. Slow the low gradual moan came in ..."

2. English Poetry: Its Principles and Progress, with Representative by Charles Mills Gayley, Clement Calhoun Young, Benjamin Putnam Kurtz (1920)
">x> \ dauber (Selections) He was the painter in that swift ship's crew, Lampman and painter — tall, a slight-built man, Young for his years, ..."

3. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"It is certainly a practical joke with justice in it, that these ferocious creatures lie Nests of a mud-dauber on the back of a picture frame. ..."

4. The Story of a Round-house: And Other Poems by John Masefield (1912)
""dauber, pull out the plug before we drown. That's spoiled my laces and my velvet gown. Where is the plug?'' groping in pitch dark water He sang between his ..."

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