as in amateur
a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession
he's been tinkering with cars since he was a kid, and now he's a tinkerer who knows nearly as much as a mechanic
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Noun
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In fact, there are literally hundreds of platforms, tools, and applications out there that are designed to help amateurs and professionals execute engaging and follow-worthy social campaigns.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025 -
These small-business owners often begin as amateurs pursuing a side gig: students moonlighting as wedding photographers, cashiers doing calligraphy after work.—
Adam Iscoe,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In layman’s terms, this is a Champions League for clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean.—
Tim Spiers,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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The remaining monks and a layman were rescued and were taken to the hospital.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
12 Feb. 2025
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Born in the country market town of Briggs, Lincolnshire, on Oct. 28, 1929, in the less affluent north of England, Joan Ann Plowright was the daughter of a local newspaper editor and his homemaker wife, a gifted dabbler in amateur dramatics who encouraged her daughter to act.—
Stephen Galloway,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Others are simply dabblers, like Justin Liam O’Brien.—
Julia Binswanger,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2024
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“Tinkerer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinkerer. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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