Botcher

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence wordnet
  3. 3
    chairmaker obsolete
  4. 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. 5
    A young salmon; a grilse.

Etymology

From Middle English bocchere, bochchare, equivalent to botch + -er.

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