as in amateur
a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession
a camera designed for people who don't pretend to be anything more than potterers at photography
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Noun
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Even if reaching the fairway on the par-5 13th from the tee, amateurs still face 390 yards to the green for the second shot.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025 -
Clay was an 18-year-old amateur then, the Louisville golden boy who’d already captured eight regional Golden Gloves and two nationals.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The tinkerer was a socialite and widow named Josephine Cochrane.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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His uncle Leo, a naval engineer, noticed that his nephew was a budding tinkerer and gave him a Kodak photo-chemistry set for his sixth birthday.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Potterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potterer. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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