Meaning

4 senses
  1. A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler.

    бе́здарьbézdarʹ, сапо́жникsapóžnik

  2. A young salmon; a grilse.

  3. (obsolete)A person who mends things, especially such a cobbler or tailor.

  4. (obsolete)Chairmaker

More definitions
  • someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler:

Origin

From Middle English bocchere, bochchare, equivalent to botch + -er.

From Middle English bocchere, bochchare, equivalent to botch + -er.

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Forms

plural: botchers
Singularbotcher
Pluralbotchers

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedbotch
Derivedbotcherly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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