kibitzer

(kibit sər)

noun

  1. an onlooker at a card or chess game, etc., esp. one who volunteers advice
  2. a giver of unwanted advice or meddler in others' affairs

Origin: Yiddish < colloq. Ger kiebitzen, to look on (at cards) < kiebitz, meddlesome onlooker, orig., plover, of echoic orig.

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