smatterer

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To the philosophers at Athens he appears as the preacher of a new philosophy, and they think him a "smatterer" in such subjects.

From Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)

Don't spare study; if you will be a lawyer, become a good one, not a smatterer.

From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary

But in geometry and rational arithmetic he is a smatterer, though expert at computation; at the board he is a trained man of business.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene

The veriest smatterer in political economy cannot but perceive the ruinous tendency of such a measure.

From Thoughts on African Colonization by Garrison, William Lloyd

Walpole described “Mr. Fenn of East Dereham in Norfolk” as “a smatterer in antiquity, but a very good sort of man.”

From The Life of George Borrow by Shorter, Clement K.