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- noun
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- one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge [Princeton Review]
- (often derog) person who studies or does sth, but without serious interest or understanding [Barron]
- a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge; dabbler [Taisha]
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