What is another word for Intermeddler?

Pronunciation: [ˌɪntəmˈɛdlə] (IPA)

An intermeddler is someone who interferes without being asked or authorized to do so. The term is negative and generally describes someone who is meddling in the business of others. There are several synonyms for the term, including busybody, meddler, buttinsky, interferer, interloper, and intruder. All of these words have a similar connotation of interfering or meddling, and they are often used to describe people who don't know when to stay out of other people's business. The use of these words is often considered to be rude or impolite, as it implies that the person being described is both nosy and intrusive.

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What are the hypernyms for Intermeddler?

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Usage examples for Intermeddler

Damon's lyre, however, did not prove altogether a successful blind; he was banished the country by ostracism for ten years, as a dangerous Intermeddler and a favorer of arbitrary power, and, by this means, gave the stage occasion to play upon him.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh
I must be strangely altered if I need the officious zeal of any Intermeddler to redress my wrongs."
"Pelham, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009
And that John Quincy Adams, once President, but now a senile Intermeddler, had been presenting petitions in Congress from various constituencies for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
"Children of the Market Place"
Edgar Lee Masters

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