"tinkerer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tinkerers [plural]
Etymology: From tinker + -er. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|tinker|er|id2=agent noun}} tinker + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} tinkerer (plural tinkerers)
  1. Agent noun of tinker; one who tinkers with things. Tags: agent, form-of Form of: tinker (extra: one who tinkers with things) Translations (person who tinkers with things): ladisto (Esperanto), nikkari (Finnish), ferblantier (French), Tüftler [masculine] (German), pensatore (Italian), tamirci (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-tinkerer-en-noun-ADTvREkn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 78 22 Disambiguation of 'person who tinkers with things': 92 8
  2. A meddler.
    Sense id: en-tinkerer-en-noun-SOzwXRaN Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 44 56

Inflected forms

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