incubus: a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women


succubus: a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men


succuba: a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men


dybbuk: (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior


dibbuk: (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior


Satan: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell


Old Nick: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell


Devil: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell


Lucifer: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell


Beelzebub: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell


the Tempter: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell


Prince of Darkness: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell


ghoul: an evil spirit or ghost


goblin: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings


hob: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings


hobgoblin: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings


kelpy: (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders


kelpie: (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders


vampire: (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living


lamia: (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living


banshee: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death


banshie: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death


genie: (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals


jinni: (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals


jinnee: (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals


djinni: (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals


djinny: (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals


djinn: (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals


shaitan: (Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray


shaytan: (Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray


eblis: (Islam) the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology


houri: (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise


familiar: a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard


familiar spirit: a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard


spirit: any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings


disembodied spirit: any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings


trickster: a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts


ghost: the visible disembodied soul of a dead person


poltergeist: a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder


Oberson: (Middle Ages) the king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore


Titania: (Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore


tooth fairy: a fairy that is said to leave money at night under a child's pillow to compensate for a baby tooth falling out


water sprite: a fairy that inhabits water


water nymph: a fairy that inhabits water


water spirit: a fairy that inhabits water


peri: (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done


apparition: a ghostly appearing figure


phantom: a ghostly appearing figure


phantasm: a ghostly appearing figure


phantasma: a ghostly appearing figure


fantasm: a ghostly appearing figure


specter: a ghostly appearing figure


spectre: a ghostly appearing figure


Flying Dutchman: the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day


presence: an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby


Adonis: (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone


Greco-Roman deity: a deity of classical mythology


Graeco-Roman deity: a deity of classical mythology


satyr: one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns


forest god: one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns


Silenus: the chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey


silenus: any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs)


nymph: (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden


Echo: (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained


Hesperides: (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera


Atlantides: (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera


Hyades: (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward


Oread: (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs


Pleiades: (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion


Sterope: (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades


Asterope: (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades


water nymph: (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water


Daphne: (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo


naiad: (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains


Nereid: (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus


Thetis: (Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus


Oceanid: (Greek mythology) sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys


dryad: a deity or nymph of the woods


wood nymph: a deity or nymph of the woods


Salmacis: nymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body


hamadryad: the nymph or spirit of a particular tree


Greek deity: a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks


Roman deity: a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans


Olympian: a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans


Olympic god: a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans


Aeolus: god of the winds in ancient mythology


Aether: personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and night or of Chaos and darkness


Apollo: (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis


Phoebus: (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis


Phoebus Apollo: (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis


Pythius: epithet for Apollo; from the dragon Python which he killed


Aphrodite: goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus


Cytherea: goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus


Hero: (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her


Leander: (Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her


Pygmalion: (Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love with it; Aphrodite brought the sculpture to life as Galatea


Galatea: (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers


Venus: goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite


Urania: goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite


Ares: (Greek mythology) Greek god of war; son of Zeus and Hera; identified with Roman Mars


Eris: (Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares


Thanatos: (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx


Mors: (Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos


Mars: (Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares


Nyx: (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night; daughter of Chaos; counterpart of Roman Nox


Rhea Silvia: (Roman mythology) a vestal virgin who became the mother by Mars of the twins Romulus and Remus


Rea Silvia: (Roman mythology) a vestal virgin who became the mother by Mars of the twins Romulus and Remus


Romulus: (Roman mythology) founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome


Remus: (Roman mythology) the twin brother of Romulus


Artemis: (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana


Cynthia: (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana


Boreas: (Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind


Diana: (Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis


Ate: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment


Athena: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva


Athene: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva


Pallas: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva


Pallas Athena: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva


Pallas Athene: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva


Minerva: (Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena


Chaos: (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe


Cronus: (Greek mythology) the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him; son of Uranus and Gaea in ancient Greek mythology; identified with Roman Saturn


Dido: (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas


Saturn: (Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus


Demeter: (Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology; counterpart of Roman Ceres


Ceres: (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter


Dionysus: (Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus


Doris: (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids


Aesculapius: son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea


Asclepius: son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea


Asklepios: son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea


Bacchus: (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus


Erebus: (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day


Nox: Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx


Night: Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx


Eros: (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid


Cupid: (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros


Amor: (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros


Daedalus: (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus


Daedal: (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus


Damon and Pythias: (Greek mythology) according to a Greek legend: when Pythias was sentenced to be executed Damon took his place to allow Pythias to get his affairs in order; when Pythias returned in time to save Damon the king was so impressed that he let them both live


Gaea: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology


Gaia: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology


Ge: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology


Hebe: (Greek mythology) the goddess of youth and spring; wife of Hercules; daughter of Zeus and Hera; cupbearer to the Olympian gods


Helios: (Greek mythology) ancient god of the sun; drove his chariot across the sky each day; identified with Roman Sol


Icarus: (Greek mythology) son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned


Sol: (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios


Hecate: (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches


Hephaestus: (Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vulcan


Hephaistos: (Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vulcan


Vulcan: (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus


Hermes: (Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods; god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified with Roman Mercury


Hermaphroditus: (Greek mythology) son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body


Mercury: (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes


Hygeia: (Greek mythology) the goddess of health; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Panacea


Panacea: (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia


Hera: queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno


Here: queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno


Io: (Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer


Janus: (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head


Juno: (Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera


Hestia: (Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vesta


Vesta: (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia


Hymen: (Greek mythology) the god of marriage


Hyperion: (Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology


Minos: son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a judge in the underworld


Ariadne: beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae; she fell in love with Theseus and gave him the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth


Moirai: any of the three Greek goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Roman Parcae and similar to the Norse Norns


Moirae: any of the three Greek goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Roman Parcae and similar to the Norse Norns


Parcae: any of the three Roman goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Greek Moirai and similar to the Norse Norns


Clotho: the Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life


Klotho: the Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life


Lachesis: the Greek goddess of fate who determines the length of the thread of life


Atropos: the Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life


Momus: god of blame and mockery


Momos: god of blame and mockery


Muse: in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science


Calliope: (Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry


Clio: (Greek mythology) the Muse of history


Erato: (Greek mythology) the Muse of lyric and love poetry


Euterpe: (Greek mythology) the Muse of music (or the flute)


Melpomene: (Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedy


Polyhymnia: (Greek mythology) the Muse of singing and mime and sacred dance


Terpsichore: (Greek mythology) the Muse of the dance and of choral song


Thalia: (Greek mythology) the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry


Urania: (Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy


Nemesis: (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance


Nereus: (Greek mythology) a sea god son of Pontus and Gaea; lived in the depths of the sea with his wife Doris and their daughters the Nereids


Nike: (Greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with Roman Victoria


Victoria: (Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike


Ouranos: (Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology


Uranus: (Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology


Pan: (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus


goat god: (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus


Faunus: (Roman mythology) ancient rural deity; later considered a counterpart of Greek Pan


Pasiphae: (Greek mythology) daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne


Pontus: (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus


Pontos: (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus


Poseidon: (Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune


Proteus: (Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will


Neptune: (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon


Persephone: (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina


Despoina: (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina


Kore: (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina


Cora: (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina


Procrustes: (Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus


Proserpina: goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone


Proserpine: goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone


Phaethon: (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth


Pluto: (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone


Hades: (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone


Aides: (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone


Aidoneus: (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone


Dis: god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto


Orcus: god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto


Pythia: (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles


Pythoness: (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles


Priapus: (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards


Rhadamanthus: (Greek mythology) a judge of the dead in the underworld


Selene: (Greek mythology) goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna


Luna: (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene


Eos: (Greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of Hyperion; identified with Roman Aurora


Eurydice: (Greek mythology) the wife of Orpheus


Orion: (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation


Orpheus: (Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed


Aurora: (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos


Tellus: (Roman mythology) goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea


Titan: (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth)


Titaness: (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology


Triton: (Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon


Tyche: (Greek mythology) the goddess of fortune; identified with Roman Fortuna


Fortuna: (Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche


Zephyr: (Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind


Zeus: (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter


Jupiter: (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus


Jove: (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus


Jupiter Fulgur: an epithet for Jupiter


Jupiter Fulminator: an epithet for Jupiter


Lightning Hurler: an epithet for Jupiter


Jupiter Tonans: an epithet for Jupiter


Thunderer: an epithet for Jupiter


Jupiter Pluvius: an epithet for Jupiter


Rain-giver: an epithet for Jupiter


Jupiter Optimus Maximus: an epithet for Jupiter


Best and Greatest: an epithet for Jupiter


Jupiter Fidius: an epithet for Jupiter


Protector of Boundaries: an epithet for Jupiter


Oceanus: (Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology


Cocus: (Greek mythology) one of the Titans


Crius: (Greek mythology) one of the Titans


Iapetus: (Greek mythology) the Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology


vestal virgin: (Roman mythology) one of the virgin priestesses consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta and to maintaining the sacred fire in her temple


Atlas: (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders


Epimetheus: (Greek mythology) brother of Prometheus; despite Prometheus's warning against gifts from Zeus he accepted Pandora as his wife


Prometheus: (Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him


Thea: (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology


Theia: (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology


Rhea: fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor


Ops: (Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor


Sylvanus: (Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart


Silvanus: (Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart


Agdistis: Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele


Themis: (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was goddess of justice in ancient mythology


Mnemosyne: (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was goddess of memory; mother of the Muses


Phoebe: (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon


Tethys: (Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus


Psyche: (Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul


Leto: wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology


Latona: wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology


Hercules: (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality


Heracles: (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality


Herakles: (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality


Alcides: (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality


Pandora: (Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils


Norse deity: a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen


Aesir: (Norse mythology) the chief race of gods living at Asgard


Andvari: (Norse mythology) a dwarf who possessed a treasure that was stolen by Loki


Vanir: (Norse mythology) race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir


Balder: (Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth


Baldr: (Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth


Bragi: (Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin


Brage: (Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin


Elli: (Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match


Forseti: (Norse mythology) god of justice; son of Balder and Nanna


Frey: (Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir


Freyr: (Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir


Freya: (Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey


Freyja: (Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey


Frigg: (Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin


Frigga: (Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin


Heimdall: (Norse mythology) god of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard


Heimdal: (Norse mythology) god of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard


Heimdallr: (Norse mythology) god of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard


Hel: (Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld


Hela: (Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld


Hoenir: (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind


Hoth: (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe


Hothr: (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe


Hoder: (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe


Hodr: (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe


Hodur: (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe


Idun: (Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young


Ithunn: (Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young


Jotun: (Norse mythology) one of a race of giants often in conflict with the Aesir


Jotunn: (Norse mythology) one of a race of giants often in conflict with the Aesir


Loki: (Norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor


Mimir: (Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom


Nanna: (Norse mythology) wife of Balder


Njord: (Norse mythology) chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya; sometimes subsumes Teutonic Nerthus


Njorth: (Norse mythology) chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya; sometimes subsumes Teutonic Nerthus


Norn: (Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae


weird sister: (Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae


Urd: goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past


Urth: goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past


Verdandi: goddess of fate: an elf who personified the present


Verthandi: goddess of fate: an elf who personified the present


Skuld: goddess of fate: a dwarf who personified the future


Odin: (Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan


Sif: (Norse mythology) wife of Thor and guardian of the home


Sigyn: (Norse mythology) wife of Loki; held a cup over him during his punishment to spare him the pain of drops of poison


Thor: (Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar


Tyr: (Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu


Tyrr: (Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu


Ull: (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis; son of Sif and stepson of Thor


Ullr: (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis; son of Sif and stepson of Thor


Vali: (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir and avenger of Balder; son of Odin


Vitharr: (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir; son of Odin; avenges his parent by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarok


Vithar: (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir; son of Odin; avenges his parent by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarok


Vidar: (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir; son of Odin; avenges his parent by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarok


Fenrir: (Norse mythology) an enormous wolf that was fathered by Loki and that killed Odin


Volund: (Norse mythology) a wonderful smith; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wayland and Teutonic Wieland


Yggdrasil: (Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together


Ygdrasil: (Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together


Ymir: (Norse mythology) the primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world: the sea from his blood; the earth from his flesh; the mountains from his bones; the sky from his skull


Wayland: (European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund


Wayland the Smith: (European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund


Wieland: (European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund


Teutonic deity: (German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons


Donar: the Teutonic god of thunder; counterpart of Norse Thor


Nerthus: the Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord


Hertha: the Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord


Wotan: supreme Teutonic god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Anglo-Saxon Woden


Anglo-Saxon deity: (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons


Tiu: god of war and sky; counterpart of Norse Tyr


Woden: chief god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Teutonic Wotan


Wodan: chief god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Teutonic Wotan


Wyrd: fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters


Weird: fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters


Adam: (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race


Eve: (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden


Cain: (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God


Abel: (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by Cain


Seth: (Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel


fictional character: an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)


fictitious character: an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)


character: an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)


Ajax: a mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad


Aladdin: in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie


Argonaut: (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece


Babar: an imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children


Beatrice: the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy


Beowulf: the legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon


Bluebeard: (fairytale) a monstrous villain who marries seven women; he kills the first six for disobedience


Bond: British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming


James Bond: British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming


Brunhild: a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide


Brunnhilde: a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide


Brynhild: a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide


Valkyrie: (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla


Brer Rabbit: the fictional character of a rabbit who appeared in tales supposedly told by Uncle Remus and first published in 1880


Bunyan: a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada


Paul Bunyan: a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada


John Henry: hero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill


Cheshire cat: a fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face; created by Lewis Carroll


Chicken Little: a fictional character who was hit on the head with an acorn and believed that the sky was falling


Cinderella: a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince


Colonel Blimp: a pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low


Dracula: fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker


Jason: (Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece


Medea: (Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father


Laertes: (Greek mythology) the father of Odysseus


Odysseus: (Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey


Ulysses: (Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus


Penelope: (Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus returned and killed them


Theseus: (Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica


Tantalus: (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it


Phrygian deity: deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor


Cybele: great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops


Dindymene: great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops


Great Mother: great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops


Magna Mater: great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops


Mater Turrita: great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops


Achilles: a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'


Aeneas: a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid


Atreus: (Greek mythology) the king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and of Menelaus


Agamemnon: (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War


Menelaus: (Greek mythology) the king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen


Iphigenia: (Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; Agamemnon was obliged to offer her as a sacrifice to Artemis when the Greek fleet was becalmed on its way to Troy; Artemis rescued her and she later became a priestess


Clytemnestra: (Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War


Aegisthus: (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him


Orestes: (Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus


Cassandra: (Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed


Antigone: (Greek mythology) the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death


Creon: (Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus


Jocasta: (Greek mythology) queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus


Electra: (Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus)


Laocoon: (Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two twin sons killing them


Laius: (Greek mythology) king of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus


Myrmidon: (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy


Oedipus: (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles


King Oedipus: (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles


Oedipus Rex: (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles


Tiresias: (Greek mythology) the blind prophet of Thebes who revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus had murdered his father and married his mother


Peleus: a king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles


Don Quixote: the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical


El Cid: the hero of a Spanish epic poem from the 12th century


Fagin: a villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens


Falstaff: a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays


Sir John Falstaff: a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays


Father Brown: a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton


Faust: an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge


Faustus: an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge


Frankenstein: the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses


Frankenstein: the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation)


Frankenstein's monster: the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation)


Goofy: a cartoon character created by Walt Disney


Gulliver: a fictional Englishman who travels to the imaginary land of Lilliput in a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift


Hamlet: the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father


Hector: (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War


Helen: (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War


Helen of Troy: (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War


Horatio Hornblower: a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester


Captain Horatio Hornblower: a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester


Iago: the villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife


Inspector Maigret: a fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon


Commissaire Maigret: a fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon


Kilroy: a nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II


Lear: the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters


King Lear: the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters


Leda: (Greek mythology) a queen of Sparta who was raped by Zeus who had taken the form of a swan; Helen of Troy was conceived in the rape of Leda


Lilliputian: a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift


Marlowe: tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler


Philip Marlowe: tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler


Mephistopheles: evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul


Micawber: fictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist


Wilkins Micawber: fictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist


Mother Goose: the imaginary author of a collection of nursery rhymes


Mr. Moto: Japanese sleuth created by John Marquand


Othello: the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife


Pangloss: an incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire


Pantaloon: a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man


Pantaloon: a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes


Perry Mason: fictional detective in novels by Erle Stanley Gardner


Peter Pan: the main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie; a boy who won't grow up


Pied Piper: the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning


Pied Piper of Hamelin: the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning


Pierrot: a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face


Pluto: a cartoon character created by Walt Disney


Huckleberry Finn: a mischievous boy in a novel by Mark Twain


Huck Finn: a mischievous boy in a novel by Mark Twain


Rip van Winkle: the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens


Ruritanian: an imaginary inhabitant of Ruritania


Tarzan: a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs


Tarzan of the Apes: a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs


Tom Sawyer: the boy hero of a novel by Mark Twain


Uncle Remus: the fictional storyteller of tales written in the Black Vernacular and set in the South; the tales were first collected and published in book form in 1880


Uncle Tom: a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe


Uncle Sam: a personification of the United States government


Sherlock Holmes: a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle


Holmes: a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle


Simon Legree: the cruel slave dealer in an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe


Sinbad the Sailor: in the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages


Sinbad: in the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages


Snoopy: a fictional beagle in a comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz


self: a person considered as a unique individual


number one: a reference to yourself or myself etc.; `take care of number one' means to put your own interests first


adult: a fully developed person from maturity onward


grownup: a fully developed person from maturity onward


adventurer: a person who enjoys taking risks


venturer: a person who enjoys taking risks


anomalist: someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases


anomaly: a person who is unusual


unusual person: a person who is unusual


anachronism: a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age


Ananias: a habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying)


apache: a Parisian gangster


applicant: a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission


applier: a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission


appointee: a person who is appointed to a job or position


appointment: a person who is appointed to a job or position


argonaut: someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure


Ashkenazi: a Jew of eastern European or German descent


attendant: a person who is present and participates in a meeting


attender: a person who is present and participates in a meeting


attendee: a person who is present and participates in a meeting


meeter: a person who is present and participates in a meeting


auctioneer: an agent who conducts an auction


behaviorist: a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism


behaviourist: a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism


benefactor: a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)


helper: a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)


benefactress: a woman benefactor


capitalist: a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)


captor: a person who captures and holds people or animals


capturer: a person who captures and holds people or animals


caster: a worker who casts molten metal into finished products


changer: a person who changes something


modifier: a person who changes something


coadjutor: an assistant to a bishop


cofounder: one of a group of founders


color-blind person: a person unable to distinguish differences in hue


commoner: a person who holds no title


common man: a person who holds no title


common person: a person who holds no title


communicator: a person who communicates with others


Conservative Jew: Jew who keeps some requirements of Mosaic law but adapts others to suit modern circumstances


conservator: someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person


constituent: a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes


contestee: a winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested


contester: someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.)


Contra: a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua


contrapuntist: a composer who specializes in counterpoint


contrarian: an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors


consumer: a person who uses goods or services


contadino: an Italian farmer


contestant: a person who participates in competitions


coon: an eccentric or undignified rustic


cosigner: one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration)


cosignatory: one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration)


cosigner: a signer in addition to the principal signer (to verify the authenticity of the principal signature or to provide surety)


coward: a person who shows fear or timidity


creator: a person who grows or makes or invents things


defender: a person who cares for persons or property


guardian: a person who cares for persons or property


protector: a person who cares for persons or property


shielder: a person who cares for persons or property


defender: a fighter who holds out against attack


withstander: a fighter who holds out against attack


discussant: a participant in a formal discussion


disputant: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy


controversialist: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy


eristic: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy


engineer: a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems


applied scientist: a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems


technologist: a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems


enologist: a specialist in wine making


oenologist: a specialist in wine making


fermentologist: a specialist in wine making


ensign: a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade


entertainer: a person who tries to please or amuse


eulogist: an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics


panegyrist: an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics


excavator: a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying


ex-gambler: a former gambler


ex-mayor: a former mayor


experimenter: a research worker who conducts experiments


experimenter: a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas


expert: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully


exponent: someone who expounds and interprets or explains


ex-president: a former president


face: a part of a person that is used to refer to a person


female: a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies


female person: a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies


finisher: a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process


finisher: a painter who applies a finishing coat


finisher: a racing driver who finishes a race


individualist: a person who pursues independent thought or action


inhabitant: a person who inhabits a particular place


habitant: a person who inhabits a particular place


dweller: a person who inhabits a particular place


denizen: a person who inhabits a particular place


indweller: a person who inhabits a particular place


native: an indigenous person who was born in a particular place


indigen: an indigenous person who was born in a particular place


indigene: an indigenous person who was born in a particular place


aborigine: an indigenous person who was born in a particular place


aboriginal: an indigenous person who was born in a particular place


native: a person born in a particular place or country


innocent: a person who lacks knowledge of evil


inexperienced person: a person who lacks knowledge of evil


intellectual: a person who uses the mind creatively


intellect: a person who uses the mind creatively


juvenile: a young person, not fully developed


juvenile person: a young person, not fully developed


lover: a person who loves someone or is loved by someone


lover: a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage


loved one: a person who you love, usually a member of your family


leader: a person who rules or guides or inspires others


male: a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies


male person: a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies


mediator: a negotiator who acts as a link between parties


go-between: a negotiator who acts as a link between parties


intermediator: a negotiator who acts as a link between parties


intermediary: a negotiator who acts as a link between parties


intercessor: a negotiator who acts as a link between parties


mediatrix: a woman who is a mediator


money handler: a person who receives or invests or pays out money


money dealer: a person who receives or invests or pays out money


monochromat: a person who is completely color-blind


naprapath: a therapist who practices naprapathy


national: a person who owes allegiance to that nation


subject: a person who owes allegiance to that nation


nativist: a philosopher who subscribes to nativism


nonreligious person: a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity


nonworker: a person who does nothing


peer: a person who is of equal standing with another in a group


equal: a person who is of equal standing with another in a group


match: a person who is of equal standing with another in a group


compeer: a person who is of equal standing with another in a group


perceiver: a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses


percipient: a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses


observer: a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses


beholder: a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses


percher: a person situated on a perch


precursor: a person who goes before or announces the coming of another


forerunner: a person who goes before or announces the coming of another


preteen: a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age)


preteenager: a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age)


primitive: a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization


primitive person: a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization


prize winner: the winner of a lottery


lottery winner: the winner of a lottery


recipient: a person who receives something


receiver: a person who receives something


religious person: a person who manifests devotion to a deity


religionist: a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot


sensualist: a person who enjoys sensuality


ticket agent: someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)


booking clerk: someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)


ticket holder: holder of a ticket (for admission or for passage)


traveler: a person who changes location


traveller: a person who changes location


unfortunate: a person who suffers misfortune


unfortunate person: a person who suffers misfortune


unwelcome person: a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome


persona non grata: a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome


unpleasant person: a person who is not pleasant or agreeable


disagreeable person: a person who is not pleasant or agreeable


unskilled person: a person who lacks technical training


worker: a person who works at a specific occupation


wrongdoer: a person who transgresses moral or civil law


offender: a person who transgresses moral or civil law


African: a native or inhabitant of Africa


Black African: an African who is Black


Afrikaner: a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans


Afrikander: a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans


Boer: a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans


Aryan: a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European


Indo-European: a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European


Aryan: (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)


person of color: (formal) any non-European non-white person


person of colour: (formal) any non-European non-white person


Black: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)


Black person: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)


blackamoor: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)


Negro: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)


Negroid: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)


Negress: a Black woman or girl


Black race: a dark-skinned race


Negroid race: a dark-skinned race


Negro race: a dark-skinned race


African-American: an American whose ancestors were born in Africa


African American: an American whose ancestors were born in Africa


Afro-American: an American whose ancestors were born in Africa


Black American: an American whose ancestors were born in Africa


Black man: a man who is Black


Black woman: a woman who is Black


soul brother: a fellow Black man


colored person: a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive


colored: a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive


darky: (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people


darkie: (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people


darkey: (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people


boy: (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man


nigger: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person


nigga: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person


spade: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person


coon: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person


jigaboo: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person


nigra: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person


Tom: (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites


Uncle Tom: (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites


mulatto: an offspring of a black and a white parent


quadroon: an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black


octoroon: an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black


White: a member of the Caucasoid race


White person: a member of the Caucasoid race


Caucasian: a member of the Caucasoid race


White race: a light-skinned race


White people: a light-skinned race


Caucasoid race: a light-skinned race


Caucasian race: a light-skinned race


Circassian: a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia


Abkhaz: a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea


Abkhazian: a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea


Abkhas: a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea


Abkhasian: a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea


paleface: (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians)


Semite: a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa


Babylonian: an inhabitant of ancient Babylon


Chaldean: an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea


Chaldaean: an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea


Chaldee: an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea


Assyrian: an inhabitant of ancient Assyria


Kassite: a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC


Cassite: a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC


Elamite: a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC


Phoenician: a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.


white man: a man who is White


white woman: a woman who is White


white trash: (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished


poor white trash: (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished


whitey: (slang) offensive names for a White man


honky: (slang) offensive names for a White man


honkey: (slang) offensive names for a White man


honkie: (slang) offensive names for a White man


WASP: a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination


white Anglo-Saxon Protestant: a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination


Asian: a native or inhabitant of Asia


Asiatic: a native or inhabitant of Asia


Asian American: an American who is of Asian descent


coolie: (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer


cooly: (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer


Oriental: a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)


oriental person: a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)


Yellow race: an Asian race


Mongoloid race: an Asian race


Mongolian race: an Asian race


yellow man: offensive term for an Asian man


yellow woman: offensive term for an Asian woman


gook: (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)


slant-eye: (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)


Evenki: a member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia


Ewenki: a member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia


Mongol: a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia


Mongolian: a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia


Tatar: a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups)


Udmurt: a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia


Votyak: a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia


Tatar: a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century


Tartar: a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century


Mongol Tatar: a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century


Amerindian: any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived


Native American: any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived


Indian: a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived


American Indian: a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived


Red Indian: a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived


brave: a North American Indian warrior


Abnaki: a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec


Abenaki: a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec


Achomawi: a member of the Achomawi community of northeastern California


Akwa'ala: a member of the Akwa'ala community in Baja California


Alabama: a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama


Algonkian: a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec


Algonkin: a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec


Algonquian: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast


Algonquin: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast


Anasazi: a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings


Atakapa: a member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas


Attacapan: a member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas


Athapaskan: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska


Athapascan: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska


Athabaskan: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska


Athabascan: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska


Indian race: usually included in the Mongoloid race


Amerindian race: usually included in the Mongoloid race


Mayan: a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy


Maya: a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy


Nahuatl: a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico


Aztec: a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519


Olmec: a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC


Toltec: a member of the Nahuatl speaking people of central and southern Mexico


Zapotec: a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900


Zapotecan: a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900


Plains Indian: a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America


Buffalo Indian: a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America


Apache: any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma


Arapaho: a member of a tribe of Plains Indians formerly inhabiting eastern Colorado and Wyoming (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming)


Arapahoe: a member of a tribe of Plains Indians formerly inhabiting eastern Colorado and Wyoming (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming)


Arikara: a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river


Aricara: a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river


Atsugewi: a member of a North American Indian people of northern California


Biloxi: a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi


Blackfoot: a member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plains


Brule: a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux


Caddo: a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas


Cakchiquel: a member of the Mayan people living in south central Guatemala


Catawba: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas


Cayuga: a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State


Cherokee: a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma


Cheyenne: a member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana)


Chickasaw: a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi


Chimakum: a member of the Salishan people living in northwestern Washington


Chimariko: a member of an extinct North American Indian people formerly living in California


Chinook: a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes


Chipewyan: a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay


Choctaw: a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama


Cochimi: a member of a North American Indian people living in central Baja California


Cocopa: a member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado River


Cocopah: a member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado River


Coeur d'Alene: a member of an Amerindian people living in northern Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake


Comanche: a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma


Conoy: a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in Maryland between Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac river; allies of the Nanticoke people


Costanoan: a member of a North American Indian people living in coastal California between Monterey and San Francisco Bay


Cree: a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada


Creek: any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma


Crow: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana


Dakota: a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux


Delaware: a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania


Dhegiha: any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages


Diegueno: a member of a North American Indian people of southern California


Erie: a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York


Esselen: a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey


Essene: a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus


Eyeish: a member of the Caddo people of northeastern Texas


Fox: a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River


Haida: a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska


Halchidhoma: a member of a North American Indian people of the Colorado river valley near the mouth of the Gila river; allied to the Maricopa


Havasupai: a member of a North American Indian people of Cataract Canyon in Arizona


Hidatsa: a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota


Gros Ventre: a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota


Hitchiti: a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia; a member of the Creek Confederacy


Hopi: a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona


Hokan: a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages


Hoka: a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages


Hunkpapa: a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains


Hupa: a member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California


Illinois: a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west


Iowa: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri


Ioway: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri


Iroquois: any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution


Kalapooia: a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon


Kalapuya: a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon


Calapooya: a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon


Calapuya: a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon


Kamia: a member of a North American Indian people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico


Kansa: a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas


Kansas: a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas


Karok: a member of a North American Indian people of the Klamath river valley in northern California


Kekchi: a member of a Mayan people of north central Guatemala


Kichai: a member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas


Kickapoo: a member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois


Kiliwa: a member of a North American Indian people living in northern Baja California


Kiliwi: a member of a North American Indian people living in northern Baja California


Kiowa: a member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United States


Koasati: a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Alabama; a member of the Creek Confederacy


Kusan: a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon


Kwakiutl: a member of the Wakashan people living around Queen Charlotte Sound and on northern Vancouver Island


Maidu: a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California


Malecite: a member of the Algonquian people of northeastern Maine and New Brunswick


Mam: a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala


Maricopa: a member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona


Massachuset: a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay


Massachusetts: a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay


Mattole: a member of the Athapaskan people living in northwestern California


Menomini: a member of the federally recognized tribe of Algonquian people living on a reservation in central Wisconsin


Menominee: a member of the federally recognized tribe of Algonquian people living on a reservation in central Wisconsin


Miniconju: a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux


Missouri: a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri


Miami: a member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan


Micmac: a member of the Algonquian people inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada


Mikmaq: a member of the Algonquian people inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada


Miwok: a member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California


Mohave: a member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California


Mojave: a member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California


Mohawk: a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State


Mohican: a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic


Mahican: a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic


Muskhogean: a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages


Muskogean: a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages


Muskogee: a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the Creek Confederacy


Nanticoke: a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Maryland and eastern Delaware


Navaho: a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah


Navajo: a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah


Nez Perce: a member of a tribe of the Shahaptian people living on the pacific coast


Nootka: a member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington


Ofo: a member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi


Oglala: a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota


Ogalala: a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota


Ojibwa: a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior


Ojibway: a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior


Chippewa: a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior


Omaha: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska


Maha: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska


Osage: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century


Oneida: a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario


Onondaga: a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River


Oto: a member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska


Otoe: a member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska


Ottawa: a member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario


Paiute: a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States


Piute: a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States


Pamlico: a member of the Algonquian people formerly of the Pamlico river valley in North Carolina


Passamaquody: a member of the Algonquian people related to the Malecite and living in northeastern Maine and New Brunswick


Patwin: a member of the North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California


Pawnee: a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma


Penobscot: a member of the Algonquian people belonging to the Abnaki confederacy and living in the Penobscot valley in northern Maine


Penutian: a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages


Pima: a member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico


Pomo: a member of an Indian people of northern California living along the Russian River valley and adjacent Pacific coast


Ponca: a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska


Ponka: a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska


Potawatomi: a member of the Algonquian people originally of Michigan and Wisconsin


Powhatan: a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia


Pueblo: a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock)


kachina: a deified spirit of the Pueblo people


Quapaw: a member of the Siouan people of the Arkansas river valley in Arkansas


Quiche: a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala


Redskin: (slang) offensive term for Native Americans


Injun: (slang) offensive term for Native Americans


red man: (slang) offensive term for Native Americans


Salish: a member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North America


Santee: a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux


Santee Sioux: a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux


Santee Dakota: a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux


Eastern Sioux: a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux


Sauk: a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay


Sac: a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay


Seminole: a member of the Muskhogean people who moved into Florida in the 18th century


Seneca: a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario


Shahaptian: a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho


Sahaptin: a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho


Sahaptino: a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho


Shasta: a member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon


Shawnee: a member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee river


Shoshone: a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States


Shoshoni: a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States


Sihasapa: a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux


Sioux: a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains


Siouan: a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains


Teton: a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains


Lakota: a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains


Teton Sioux: a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains


Teton Dakota: a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains


Skagit: a member of the Salish people in northwestern Washington


Takelma: a member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon


Taos: a member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico


Taracahitian: a member of a group of peoples of Mexico


Cahita: a member of the Taracahitian people of central Mexico


Tarahumara: a member of the Taracahitian people of north central Mexico


Tlingit: a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska


Tsimshian: a member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British Columbia


Tuscarora: a member of an Iroquois people who formerly lived in North Carolina and then moved to New York State and joined the Iroquois


Tutelo: a member of the Siouan people of Virginia and North Carolina


Two Kettle: a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux


Ute: a member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico


Wakashan: a member of one of the peoples in British Columbia and Washington who speak the Wakashan language


Wampanoag: a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims


Walapai: a member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona


Hualapai: a member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona


Hualpai: a member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona


Wichita: a member of the Caddo people formerly living between Kansas and central Texas


Winnebago: a member of the Siouan-speaking people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin south of Green Bay; ally of the Menomini and enemy of the Fox and Sauk people


Wintun: a member of a North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California


Yahi: a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California


Yana: a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California


Yavapai: a member of a North American Indian people of central Arizona


Yokuts: a member of the North American Indian people of the San Joaquin Valley


Yucatec: a member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico


Yucateco: a member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico


Yuma: a member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and California


Zuni: a member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico


Indian race: sometimes included in the Caucasian race; native to the subcontinent of India


Indian: a native or inhabitant of India


Assamese: native or inhabitant of the state of Assam in northeastern India


Dravidian: a member of one of the aboriginal races of India (pushed south by Caucasians and now mixed with them)


Badaga: a member of an agricultural people of southern India


Gadaba: a member of an agricultural people in southeastern India


Gond: a member of a formerly tribal people in south central India


Kanarese: a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India


Canarese: a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India


Kolam: a member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India


Kota: a member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri Hills in southern India


Kotar: a member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri Hills in southern India


Kui: a member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India


Malto: a member of the Dravidian people living in northern Bengal in eastern India


Savara: a member of the Dravidian people living in southern India


Tamil: a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka


Telugu: a member of the people in southeastern India (Andhra Pradesh) who speak the Telugu language


Toda: a member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India


Tulu: a member of a Dravidian people living on the southwestern coast of India


Gujarati: a member of the people of Gujarat


Gujerati: a member of the people of Gujarat


Kashmiri: a member of the people of Kashmir


Oriya: a member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas


Punjabi: a member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India


Panjabi: a member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India


Maratha: a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra


Mahratta: a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra


Aborigine: a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived


Abo: a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived


Aboriginal: a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived


native Australian: a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived


Australian Aborigine: a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived


Slavic people: a race of people speaking a Slavonic language


Slavic race: a race of people speaking a Slavonic language


Slav: any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language


Acadian: an early French settler in the Maritimes


Cajun: a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia (`Cajun' comes from `Acadian')


Anabaptist: adherent of Anabaptism


Mennonite: a member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life


Amish: an American follower of the Mennonite religion


Dunker: an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)


Dunkard: an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)


Tunker: an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)


Christian: a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination


Christian Scientist: a member of the Protestant church founded in the United States by Mary Baker Eddy


Adventist: a member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ


Second Adventist: a member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ


gentile: a Christian


gentile: a Christian as contrasted with a Jew


non-Jew: a Christian as contrasted with a Jew


goy: a Christian as contrasted with a Jew


gentile: a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus


Protestant: an adherent of Protestantism


Friend: a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)


Quaker: a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)


Catholic: a member of a Catholic church


non-Catholic: a religious person who is not a Catholic


Anglican Catholic: a member of the Anglican Church who emphasizes its Catholic character


Greek Catholic: a member of the Greek Orthodox Church


Roman Catholic: a member of the Roman Catholic Church


papist: an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy


Old Catholic: a member of the church formed in the 19th century by German Catholics who refused to accept the infallibility of the Pope


Uniat: a member of the Uniat Church


Uniate: a member of the Uniat Church


Uniate Christian: a member of the Uniat Church


Copt: a member of the Coptic Church


Jew: a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties


Hebrew: a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties


Israelite: a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties


Jewess: a woman who is a Jew


kike: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew


hymie: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew


sheeny: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew


yid: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew


Muslim: a believer in or follower of Islam


Moslem: a believer in or follower of Islam


Islamist: an orthodox Muslim


Almoravid: a member of a Muslim dynasty of Berber warriors that flourished from 1049 to 1145 and that established political dominance over northwestern Africa and Spain


Jihadist: a Muslim who is involved in a jihad


Shiite: a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs


Shi'ite: a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs


Shiite Muslim: a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs


Shi'ite Muslim: a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs


Shia Muslim: a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs


Sunnite: a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad


Sunni: a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad


Sunni Muslim: a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad


Buddhist: one who follows the teachings of Buddha


Zen Buddhist: an adherent of the doctrines of Zen Buddhism


Mahayanist: an adherent of Mahayana Buddhism


Hinayanist: an adherent of Hinayana Buddhism


Lamaist: (Buddhism) an adherent of Lamaism


Tantrist: an adherent of Tantrism


Hindu: a person who adheres to Hinduism


Hindoo: a person who adheres to Hinduism


swami: a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect


chela: a Hindu disciple of a swami


Jainist: a believer in Jainism


Hare Krishna: worshipper of Krishna and member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness


Shaktist: worshipper of Shakti


Shivaist: worshipper of Shiva


Vaishnava: worshipper of Vishnu


Shintoist: a believer in Shintoism


Rastafarian: follower of Rastafarianism


Rasta: follower of Rastafarianism


Mithraist: adherent of Mithraism


Zoroastrian: follower of Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism


Eurafrican: a person of mixed European and African descent


Eurasian: a person of mixed European and Asian descent


European: a native or inhabitant of Europe


sahib: formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name


memsahib: a woman sahib


Celt: a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times


Kelt: a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times


Gael: a Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man


Briton: an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions


Gaul: a Celt of ancient Gaul


Galatian: a native or inhabitant of Galatia in Asia Minor (especially a member of a people believed to have been Gauls who conquered Galatia in the 3rd century BC)


Frank: a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century


Salian Frank: a member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century AD


Salian: a member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century AD


Teuton: a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans


Afghan: a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan


Afghanistani: a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan


Kafir: a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan


Pathan: a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan


Pashtun: a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan


Pushtun: a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan


Pashtoon: a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan


Albanian: a native or inhabitant of Albania


Algerian: a native or inhabitant of Algeria


Altaic: any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group


Armenian: a native or inhabitant of Armenia


Andorran: a native or inhabitant of Andorra


Angolan: a native or inhabitant of Angola


Angolese: a member of the Bantu tribes resident in Angola