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

The routineer in a panic turns to the taboo.

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter

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

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

The routineer is, of course, the first to decry every radical proposal as "against human nature."

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter