tinkerer

tin·ker

T0226000 (tĭng′kər)n.1. A traveling mender of metal household utensils.2. Chiefly British A member of any of various traditionally itinerant groups of people living especially in Scotland and Ireland; a traveler.3. One who enjoys experimenting with and repairing machine parts.4. A clumsy repairer or worker; a meddler.v. tin·kered, tin·ker·ing, tin·kers v.intr.1. To work as a tinker.2. To make unskilled or experimental efforts at repair; fiddle: tinkered with the engine, hoping to discover the trouble; tinkering with the economy by trying various fiscal policies.v.tr.1. To mend as a tinker.2. To manipulate unskillfully or experimentally.

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[Middle English tinkere.]

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tin′ker·er n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tinkerer - an unskilled person who tries to fix or mendfiddlerunskilled person - a person who lacks technical training
	2.	tinkerer - a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their partstinkerexperimenter - a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas; "she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry"

Translations

Tüftlerbricoleur