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blunderer|ˈblʌndərə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
†1. One who flounders about blindly in his work; a blind or stupid worker. Obs.
c1440Promp. Parv. 41 Blunderer or blunt warkere, hebefactor, hebeficus. 1523Garl. Laurel (R.) What blundrer is yonder that playeth diddil? 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 853 Meer Blunderers in that Atomick Physiology.
2. One who makes gross mistakes by incompetence or negligence.
1741H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1834) I. xiii. 41 ‘Take care you don't get my old name.’ ‘What's that?’ ‘Blunderer.’ 1782Cowper Progr. Err. 539 Your blund'rer is as sturdy as a rock. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 87 At best a blunderer, and too probably a traitor. |