meddler

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  1. One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no personal or proper concern; an officious person; a busybody. Do not drive away such as bring thee information as meddlers, but accept of them in good part. Bacon, Of Great Place.
  2. Layer-overs for meddlers. See layer-over.

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  • He is spoken of as a meddler, though other tales say he is a healer and a harper. —  The Flight of the Wren
  • That dreadful meddler, the old woman visitor, had actually dared to loosen the bandages, and the poor victim, feeling only relief, had sunk tranquilly to his death. —  Memories
  • To his opponents he was a meddler, a judge-made-law man, a constitutionalist guerrilla. —  On Line Opinion - Latest Articles
  • It was astonishing that with purpose so high and aim so lofty he could find time and inclination to meddle with matters so far beneath him; but the trouble with Elmendorf was that he was a born meddler, and, no matter what the occasion, from a national convention to a servants' squabble, he was ever eager to serve as adviser or arbitrator. —  A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike
  • 'A meddler is always a muddler;' how well I remember her saying that. —  Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
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