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Carper

//ˈkɑː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A person who habitually carps, who talks too much and regularly finds fault.

    "Shame not these woods, / By putting on the cunning of a carper."

  2. 2
    someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way wordnet

Etymology

From carp + -er.

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