"botcher" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: botchers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English bocchere, bochchare, equivalent to botch + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bocchere}} Middle English bocchere, {{suf|en|botch|er|id2=agent noun}} botch + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} botcher (plural botchers)
  1. (obsolete) A person who mends things, especially such a cobbler or tailor. Tags: obsolete
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  2. (obsolete) chairmaker Tags: obsolete
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  3. A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler. Translations (clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler): fušer [masculine] (Czech), prutser (Dutch), tunari (Finnish), mogari [slang] (Finnish), fuser (Hungarian), kontár (Hungarian), ablálaí [masculine] (Irish), loitiméir [masculine] (Irish), abborracciatore [masculine] (Italian), abborracciatrice [feminine] (Italian), abborracciona [feminine] (Italian), abborraccione [masculine] (Italian), cianfruglione [masculine] (Italian), guastamestieri [feminine, masculine] (Italian), raffazzonatore [masculine] (Italian), raffazzonatrice [feminine] (Italian), бе́здарь (bézdarʹ) [feminine] (Russian), сапо́жник (sapóžnik) [masculine] (Russian), mì-shnasaire [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), poitsiwr [masculine] (Welsh), stompiwr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-botcher-en-noun-o~~rIGPO Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 33 39 12 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 38 14 16 Disambiguation of 'clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler': 3 0 97 0
  4. A young salmon; a grilse.
    Sense id: en-botcher-en-noun-KjlOVz17 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 46 2 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 33 39 12 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 38 14 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: botcherly Related terms: botch

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sapóžnik",
      "sense": "clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сапо́жник"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mì-shnasaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poitsiwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stompiwr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "botcher"
}

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