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dabbler

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dab·bler  (dblr)
n.
One who engages in an activity superficially or without serious intent. See Synonyms at amateur.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dabbler - an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dilettante, sciolist
amateur - someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
2.dabbler - any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabblingdabbler - any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling
dabbling duck
duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Translations
dabbler [ˈdæbləʳ] N (pej) → aficionado/a m/f (in a) → diletante mf
he's just a dabbler → es un simple aficionado, para él es un pasatiempo nada más
dabbler
n → Amateur(in) m(f)
dabbler [ˈdæbləʳ] n (pej) → dilettante m/f
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Every ignoramus of a fellow who finds that he hasn't brains in sufficient quantity to make his way as a walking advertiser, or an eye-sore prig, or a salt-and-batter man, thinks, of course, that he'll answer very well as a dabbler of mud.
The Business Man by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
He had heard of (and written about, nay, falsely pretended to know) Sir Claude Champion, as "one of the brightest and wealthiest of England's Upper Ten"; as the great sportsman who raced yachts round the world; as the great traveller who wrote books about the Himalayas, as the politician who swept constituencies with a startling sort of Tory Democracy, and as the great dabbler in art, music, literature, and, above all, acting.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
According to the reports of the most talented gossip-mongers-- those who, in every class of society, are always in haste to explain every event to their neighbours--the young gentleman concerned was of good family--a prince--fairly rich--weak of intellect, but a democrat and a dabbler in the Nihilism of the period, as exposed by Mr.
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