crotcheteer
(krɒtʃɪˈtɪə(r))
Also crotcheter.
[f. crotchet n.1 + -eer1.]
A person with a crotchet; esp. one who pushes or obtrudes his crotchets in politics, etc.
| 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 220 As sometimes a brighter orb 'lumines the sphere, So Busby o'er crotcheteers reigns overseer. 1856 Tait's Mag. XXIII. 276 Attempts at interference have been hinted at by reckless crotcheters. 1887 Saintsbury Hist. Elizab. Lit. vi. 242 A very early example of the reckless violence of private crotcheteers. |