Synonyms for blunderer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bluhn-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblʌn dər


Définition of blunderer

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "to stumble about blindly," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse blundra "shut one's eyes," from PIE root *bhlendh- (see blind). Meaning "make a stupid mistake" is first recorded 1711. Related: Blundered; blundering.
  • noun clumsy person
Example sentences :
  • Rodenard, the blunderer, had been at fault when he had said that Lesperon had expired.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • "Blunderer, on the contrary, it is too late," replied Montalais.
  • Extract from : « Ten Years Later » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
  • Everybody laughed at the blunderer, the joker jeering audibly.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • Jeffreys was still a blunderer, or else his conscience was unusually sensitive.
  • Extract from : « A Dog with a Bad Name » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • The flush, so vivid, that stayed made him feel himself a blunderer.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of Life » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • And this time the author cannot be accused of partisanship by any blunderer.
  • Extract from : « Smoke » by Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich
  • "You were by your halidom, your Majesty," suggested the Blunderer.
  • Extract from : « John Dough and the Cherub » by L. Frank Baum
  • Vaudreuil is a blunderer and a fool; he has sold the country.
  • Extract from : « The Seats Of The Mighty, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • “Not thus, blunderer; not thus,” said Shiminya, arresting his arm.
  • Extract from : « John Ames, Native Commissioner » by Bertram Mitford
  • Sometimes he admonished some laggard or blunderer, "Hurry, thah, Sammy!"
  • Extract from : « Crestlands » by Mary Addams Bayne

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