Botcher
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who mends things, especially such a cobbler or tailor. obsolete
"Two faults, madonna, that drink and good counsel will amend: for give the dry fool drink, then is the fool not dry; bid the dishonest man mend himself: if he mend, he is no longer dishonest; if he cannot, let the botcher mend him."
- 2 someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence wordnet
- 3 chairmaker obsolete
- 4 A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler.
"Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman."
- 5 A young salmon; a grilse.
Example
More examples"Two faults, madonna, that drink and good counsel will amend: for give the dry fool drink, then is the fool not dry; bid the dishonest man mend himself: if he mend, he is no longer dishonest; if he cannot, let the botcher mend him."
Etymology
From Middle English bocchere, bochchare, equivalent to botch + -er.
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