Synonyms for meddler


Grammar : Noun
Spell : med-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛd l


Définition of meddler

Origin :
  • late 14c., "practitioner," agent noun from meddle (v.). Meaning "one who interferes, a nuisance" is mid-15c.
  • noun one who meddles
Example sentences :
  • Nobody must tell me I'm a meddler, butting in where I have no business.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • You chose to reject my love and invite that meddler Sedgwick into our affairs.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • A meddler is always a muddler;' how well I remember her saying that.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Luttrell's First Patient » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • The managers of big business attributed the panic to "Theodore the Meddler."
  • Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson
  • You are as far as possible from a meddler: your fault is that you keep too much to yourself.
  • Extract from : « A Pessimist » by Robert Timsol
  • I will have no spy upon my actions—no meddler to thwart me in my will.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom Ship » by Frederick Marryat
  • Agnes was about sixty years old, an ex-slave, a meddler, and liar.
  • Extract from : « Negro Tales » by Joseph Seamon Cotter
  • The gladiators thrust aside the meddler, and rushed to the attack.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Golden Deeds » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • And I have every reason to think that the meddler is the minister.
  • Extract from : « Captain Pott's Minister » by Francis L. Cooper
  • They laugh at the idea and he is accused of being a meddler, rogue and thief.
  • Extract from : « Dorothy's Tour » by Evelyn Raymond

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