Definition of bricoleur in English:
bricoleur
noun ˌbrɪkəˈləːˌbrēkōˈlər
A person who engages in bricolage.
Example sentencesExamples
- Now working mainly with wood she has turned from being a maker of precious objects into a witty bricoleur.
- In his subsequent career, Jennings established for himself the vocation of bricoleur of English culture.
- Moore seems to me Modernism's purest bricoleur, weaving her poems from shreds and patches.
- It is also the source of a great part of the subcultural bricoleur's stylistic savvy.
- Recent critics tend to place brilliant bricoleurs above singular craftsmen.
Origin
French, literally 'handyman'.