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routineer|ruːtiːˈnɪə(r)| [f. routine n. + -eer1, perh. after F. routinier.] One who acts by, or adheres to, routine.
1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 422 He has been a true mystic and not a mere routineer or wand-bearer. 1878R. Willis Life of Harvey 166 The routineer, with an appropriate salve for every sore. 1928G. B. Shaw Intelligent Woman's Guide Socialism lxx. 340 The civil servant, the judge, the navy captain, the field marshal, the archbishop, however extraordinary able, gets no more than any routineer of his rank and seniority. 1956‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits & Scots Unbound 129 The routineer Haig, Whose lack of imagination carried him through. 1977National Observer (U.S.) 22 Jan. 6/1 The innovator, in both business and the arts, is always to be contrasted..with the routineer. |