SCRIBBLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scribbler mean? 

• SCRIBBLER (noun)
  The noun SCRIBBLER has 2 senses:

1. informal terms for journalists

2. a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read

  Familiarity information: SCRIBBLER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRIBBLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for journalists

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

penman; scribbler; scribe

Hypernyms ("scribbler" is a kind of...):

journalist (a writer for newspapers and magazines)

Derivation:

scribble (write down quickly without much attention to detail)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

scrawler; scribbler

Hypernyms ("scribbler" is a kind of...):

writer (a person who is able to write and has written something)

Derivation:

scribble (write carelessly)

 Context examples 

You think you are omnipotent, you infernal scribblers, don't you?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Like most young scribblers, she went abroad for her characters and scenery, and banditti, counts, gypsies, nuns, and duchesses appeared upon her stage, and played their parts with as much accuracy and spirit as could be expected.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)