meddler
/ˈmɛdlər/ · med·dler
noun
- A person who interferes in affairs that are not his or her concern. The neighborhood association warned the constant meddler to stop prying into residents' private matters.
- Someone who habitually intrudes or pries into the business of others. She was known as the office meddler, always offering unsolicited advice on her colleagues' projects.
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Did you know? The word ‘meddler’ appears in Shakespeare’s *Much Ado About Nothing* (Act 2, Scene 1), where a character warns, “I am a meddler in the affairs of love.”