routineer

American  

[root-n-eer] / ˌrut nˈɪər /

noun

1. a person who follows or adheres to routine or a routine.

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Etymology

Origin of routineer

First recorded in 1870–75; routine + -eer

Example Sentences

Taft was the perfect routineer trying to run government as automatically as possible.

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter

In short, the characters and their relations are of a kind that the routineer critic has not yet learned to place; so that their misunderstanding was a foregone conclusion.

From Mrs. Warren's Profession by Shaw, Bernard

The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer.

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter

The difference between the shallowest routineer and the deepest thinker appears, to the latter, trifling; to the former, infinite.

From Maxims for Revolutionists by Shaw, Bernard

At this point the whole routineer scheme of things collapses, there is a period of convulsion and Cæsarean births, and men weary of excitement sink back into a newer routine.

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter