dauber noun. ['dɔ:bǝ] ME.
[Anglo-Norman daubour, -ber, or directly from DAUB verb + -ER¹.]
1. A person who builds with daub, a plasterer. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.

2. A crude or inartistic painter. M17.

3. = mud-dauber (a) s.v. MUD noun¹. Chiefly US. M19.

■ daubery noun the practice of daubing; the work of a dauber: M16.

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