gondoliere: a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola


goner: a person in desperate straits; someone doomed


toast: a person in desperate straits; someone doomed


Gongorist: a practitioner of the affected elegant style of the Spanish poet Gongora


good egg: (old-fashioned slang) a good person


good guy: any person who is on your side


good old boy: a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group


good ole boy: a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group


good ol' boy: a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group


good person: a person who is good to other people


good Samaritan: a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble


goody-goody: a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior


gossip: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others


gossiper: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others


gossipmonger: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others


rumormonger: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others


rumourmonger: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others


newsmonger: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others


gossip columnist: a journalist who writes a column of gossip about celebrities


Goth: one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries


Gothic romancer: a writer of Gothic romances


gouger: an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye


governess: a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)


governor: the head of a state government


governor general: a governor of high rank


grabber: an unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately


grader: a judge who assigns grades to something


graduate nurse: someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school


trained nurse: someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school


graduate student: a student who continues studies after graduation


grad student: a student who continues studies after graduation


postgraduate: a student who continues studies after graduation


grain merchant: a merchant who deals in food grains


grammarian: a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax


syntactician: a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax


grandchild: a child of your son or daughter


granddaughter: a female grandchild


grand dragon: a high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klan


grand duchess: the wife of a grand duke or a woman holding that rank in her own right


grand duke: a prince who rules a territory


grande dame: a middle-aged or elderly woman who is stylish and highly respected


grandee: a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal


grandfather: the father of your father or mother


gramps: the father of your father or mother


granddad: the father of your father or mother


grandad: the father of your father or mother


granddaddy: the father of your father or mother


grandpa: the father of your father or mother


Grand Inquisitor: director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal)


grandma: the mother of your father or mother


grandmother: the mother of your father or mother


granny: the mother of your father or mother


grannie: the mother of your father or mother


gran: the mother of your father or mother


nan: the mother of your father or mother


nanna: the mother of your father or mother


grandmaster: a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge


grand mufti: the chief mufti of a district


grandparent: a parent of your father or mother


grandson: a male grandchild


grandstander: someone who performs with an eye to the applause from spectators in the grandstand


granny: an old woman


grantee: a recipient of a grant


granter: a person who grants or gives something


grantor: a person who makes a grant in legal form


graphic designer: someone who specializes in graphic design


designer: someone who specializes in graphic design


graphologist: a specialist in inferring character from handwriting


handwriting expert: a specialist in inferring character from handwriting


grass widower: a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife


divorced man: a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife


gravedigger: a person who earns a living by digging graves


graverobber: someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection


ghoul: someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection


body snatcher: someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection


graverobber: someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts


gravida: a pregnant woman


grazier: a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market


great: a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field


great-aunt: an aunt of your father or mother


grandaunt: an aunt of your father or mother


great grandchild: a child of your grandson or granddaughter


great granddaughter: a daughter of your grandson or granddaughter


great grandmother: a mother of your grandparent


great grandfather: a father of your grandparent


great grandparent: a parent of your grandparent


great grandson: a son of your grandson or granddaughter


great-nephew: a son of your niece or nephew


grandnephew: a son of your niece or nephew


great-niece: a daughter of your niece or nephew


grandniece: a daughter of your niece or nephew


great-uncle: an uncle of your father or mother


granduncle: an uncle of your father or mother


Grecian: a native or resident of Greece


Green Beret: a soldier who is a member of the United States Army Special Forces


greengrocer: a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables


greenskeeper: someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course


grenadier: an infantryman equipped with grenades


grenade thrower: an infantryman equipped with grenades


greeter: a person who greets


saluter: a person who greets


welcomer: a person who greets


gringo: a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen)


grinner: a person who grins


griot: a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village


grip: worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made


groaner: a person who groans


grocer: a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)


grocery boy: a delivery boy for groceries


groom: a man who has recently been married


bridegroom: a man who has recently been married


groom: a man participant in his own marriage ceremony


bridegroom: a man participant in his own marriage ceremony


groomsman: a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding


grouch: a bad-tempered person


grump: a bad-tempered person


crank: a bad-tempered person


churl: a bad-tempered person


crosspatch: a bad-tempered person


groundling: in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section


groundsman: someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)


groundskeeper: someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)


groundkeeper: someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)


group captain: a commissioned officer (especially one in the Royal Air Force) equivalent in rank to a colonel in the army


groupie: an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)


growler: a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl


grunt: an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker


grunter: a person who grunts


guarantor: one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another


surety: one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another


warrantor: one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another


warranter: one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another


guard: the person who plays that position on a football team


prison guard: someone who guards prisoners


jailer: someone who guards prisoners


jailor: someone who guards prisoners


gaoler: someone who guards prisoners


screw: someone who guards prisoners


turnkey: someone who guards prisoners


guard: a person who keeps watch over something or someone


guard: the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team


guardsman: a soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards'


guerrilla: a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment


guerilla: a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment


irregular: a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment


insurgent: a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment


guesser: a person who guesses


guest: a visitor to whom hospitality is extended


invitee: a visitor to whom hospitality is extended


guest: a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.


guest of honor: the person in whose honor a gathering is held


guest worker: a person with temporary permission to work in another country


guestworker: a person with temporary permission to work in another country


guide: someone who shows the way by leading or advising


guitarist: a musician who plays the guitar


guitar player: a musician who plays the guitar


gulper: a drinker who swallows large amounts greedily


guzzler: a drinker who swallows large amounts greedily


gunman: a professional killer who uses a gun


gunslinger: a professional killer who uses a gun


hired gun: a professional killer who uses a gun


gun: a professional killer who uses a gun


gun for hire: a professional killer who uses a gun


triggerman: a professional killer who uses a gun


hit man: a professional killer who uses a gun


hitman: a professional killer who uses a gun


torpedo: a professional killer who uses a gun


shooter: a professional killer who uses a gun


gunnery sergeant: a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant in the marines


gunrunner: a smuggler of guns


arms-runner: a smuggler of guns


gunsmith: someone who makes or repairs guns


guru: a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher


guru: a recognized leader in some field or of some movement


Guru: each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion


gutter: a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)


guvnor: (British slang) boss


guzzler: someone who drinks heavily (especially alcoholic beverages)


guy: an informal term for a youth or man


cat: an informal term for a youth or man


hombre: an informal term for a youth or man


bozo: an informal term for a youth or man


gymnast: an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics


gymnosophist: member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)


gym rat: someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa


gynecologist: a specialist in gynecology


gynaecologist: a specialist in gynecology


woman's doctor: a specialist in gynecology


Gypsy: a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)


Gipsy: a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)


Romany: a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)


Rommany: a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)


Romani: a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)


Roma: a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)


Bohemian: a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)


hack: one who works hard at boring tasks


drudge: one who works hard at boring tasks


hacker: one who works hard at boring tasks


hack: a mediocre and disdained writer


hack writer: a mediocre and disdained writer


literary hack: a mediocre and disdained writer


hacker: a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm


hacker: someone who plays golf poorly


hacker: a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism


cyber-terrorist: a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism


cyberpunk: a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism


hag: an ugly evil-looking old woman


beldam: an ugly evil-looking old woman


beldame: an ugly evil-looking old woman


witch: an ugly evil-looking old woman


crone: an ugly evil-looking old woman


haggler: an intense bargainer


hagiographer: the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography


hagiographist: the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography


hagiologist: the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography


hairdresser: someone who cuts or beautifies hair


hairstylist: someone who cuts or beautifies hair


stylist: someone who cuts or beautifies hair


styler: someone who cuts or beautifies hair


hairsplitter: a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions


hajji: an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca


hadji: an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca


haji: an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca


hajji: a general term used by foreign soldiers to refer to the Iraqi people


hakim: a Muslim physician


hakeem: a Muslim physician


hakim: a Muslim ruler or governor or judge


Hakka: a member of a people of southeastern China (especially Hong Kong, Canton, and Taiwan) who migrated from the north in the 12th century


halberdier: a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty)


halfback: (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position


half blood: one of siblings who have only one parent in common


half-caste: an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different races or cultures


half-breed: an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)


fathead: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool


goof: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool


goofball: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool


bozo: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool


jackass: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool


goose: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool


cuckoo: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool


twat: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool


zany: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool


ham: an unskilled actor who overacts


ham actor: an unskilled actor who overacts


ham: a licensed amateur radio operator


Ham: (Old Testament) son of Noah


Haman: (Old Testament) the minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them


hand: a member of the crew of a ship


handler: an agent who handles something or someone


handicapped person: a person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically or mentally or socially


animal trainer: one who trains or exhibits animals


handler: one who trains or exhibits animals


handmaid: a personal maid or female attendant


handmaiden: a personal maid or female attendant


handyman: a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks


jack of all trades: a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks


odd-job man: a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks


hanger: a worker who hangs something


hang glider: a rider of a hang glider


hangman: an executioner who hangs the condemned person


haranguer: a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech


Hanoverian: any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover


harasser: a persistent attacker


harrier: a persistent attacker


hardliner: a conservative who is uncompromising


harlequin: a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)


harmonizer: a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another


harmoniser: a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another


harmonizer: a musician who sings or plays in harmony


harmoniser: a musician who sings or plays in harmony


harpist: someone who plays the harp


harper: someone who plays the harp


harpooner: someone who launches harpoons


harpooneer: someone who launches harpoons


harpsichordist: someone who plays the harpsichord


harasser: a persistent tormentor


harridan: a scolding (even vicious) old woman


harvester: someone who helps to gather the harvest


reaper: someone who helps to gather the harvest


has-been: someone who is no longer popular


back-number: someone who is no longer popular


hash head: a user of hashish


Hasid: a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism


Hassid: a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism


Chasid: a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism


Chassid: a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism


hatchet man: one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior


enforcer: one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior


hatchet man: a professional killer


iceman: a professional killer


hatemonger: one who arouses hatred for others


hater: a person who hates


hatmaker: someone who makes and sells hats


hatter: someone who makes and sells hats


milliner: someone who makes and sells hats


modiste: someone who makes and sells hats


hauler: a haulage contractor


haulier: a haulage contractor


hawk: an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations


war hawk: an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations


head: a user of (usually soft) drugs


head: a person who is in charge


chief: a person who is in charge


top dog: a person who is in charge


head: an individual person


headhunter: a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies


head-shrinker: a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies


headhunter: a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)


headliner: a performer who receives prominent billing


star: a performer who receives prominent billing


head linesman: a football official in charge of recording yardage gained or lost


headman: the head of a tribe or clan


tribal chief: the head of a tribe or clan


chieftain: the head of a tribe or clan


chief: the head of a tribe or clan


headmaster: presiding officer of a school


schoolmaster: presiding officer of a school


master: presiding officer of a school


headmistress: a woman headmaster


head nurse: the person in charge of nursing in a medical institution


head of household: the head of a household or family or tribe


head of state: the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government


chief of state: the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government


headsman: an executioner who beheads the condemned person


headman: an executioner who beheads the condemned person


health professional: a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability


primary care provider: a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability


PCP: a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability


health care provider: a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability


caregiver: a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability


hearer: someone who listens attentively


listener: someone who listens attentively


auditor: someone who listens attentively


attender: someone who listens attentively


audile: one whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or motor


motile: one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action


hearing examiner: an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers


hearing officer: an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers


heartbreaker: a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships


heartthrob: an object of infatuation


heathen: a person who does not acknowledge your god


pagan: a person who does not acknowledge your god


gentile: a person who does not acknowledge your god


infidel: a person who does not acknowledge your god


paynim: a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim)


heaver: a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)


heavy hitter: an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in


heavyweight: a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds


heavyweight: a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds


heavyweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds


heavy: an actor who plays villainous roles


Hebraist: linguist specializing in the Hebrew language


heckler: someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections


badgerer: someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections


hedger: a gardener who takes care of and trims hedges


hedger: someone who counterbalances one transaction (as a bet) against another in order to protect against loss


hedger: a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer


equivocator: a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer


tergiversator: a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer


hedonist: someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures


pagan: someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures


pleasure seeker: someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures


Hegelian: a follower of the thought of Hegel


Heidelberg man: a type of primitive man who lived in Europe


Homo heidelbergensis: a type of primitive man who lived in Europe


heir: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another


inheritor: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another


heritor: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another


heir apparent: an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor


heir-at-law: the person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate


heiress: a female heir


inheritress: a female heir


inheritrix: a female heir


heir presumptive: a person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative


hellion: a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)


heller: a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)


devil: a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)


hellhound: a very evil man


hell-kite: someone who is a very fierce fighter


hell-rooster: someone who is a very fierce fighter


gamecock: someone who is a very fierce fighter


helmsman: the person who steers a ship


steersman: the person who steers a ship


steerer: the person who steers a ship


hierarch: a person who holds a high position in a hierarchy


hire: a newly hired employee


hired help: employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively)


histologist: anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues


helpmate: a helpful partner


helpmeet: a helpful partner


hematologist: a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs


haematologist: a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs


hemiplegic: a person who has hemiplegia (is paralyzed on one side of the body)


hemophiliac: someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding


haemophiliac: someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding


bleeder: someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding


hemophile: someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding


haemophile: someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding


herald: (formal) a person who announces important news


trumpeter: (formal) a person who announces important news


herbalist: a therapist who heals by the use of herbs


herb doctor: a therapist who heals by the use of herbs


herder: someone who drives a herd


herdsman: someone who drives a herd


drover: someone who drives a herd


heretic: a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church


misbeliever: a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church


religious outcast: a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church


heretic: a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)


hermaphrodite: one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


intersex: one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


gynandromorph: one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


androgyne: one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


epicene: one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


epicene person: one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


hermit: one who lives in solitude


recluse: one who lives in solitude


solitary: one who lives in solitude


solitudinarian: one who lives in solitude


troglodyte: one who lives in solitude


herpetologist: a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians


protagonist: the principal character in a work of fiction


agonist: the principal character in a work of fiction


antihero: a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)


hero: (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god


heroine: the main good female character in a work of fiction


heroine: a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds


heroin addict: someone addicted to heroin


hero worshiper: someone who worships heroes


hero worshipper: someone who worships heroes


Herr: a German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English


heterosexual: a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex


heterosexual person: a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex


straight person: a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex


straight: a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex


hewer: a person who hews


highbinder: a corrupt politician


highbrow: a person of intellectual or erudite tastes


high commissioner: a senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank


highflier: a person of great ability and ambition


highflyer: a person of great ability and ambition


Highlander: a native of the Highlands of Scotland


Scottish Highlander: a native of the Highlands of Scotland


Highland Scot: a native of the Highlands of Scotland


Highlander: a soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands


high-muck-a-muck: an arrogant or conceited person of importance


pooh-bah: an arrogant or conceited person of importance


Highness: (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person


high priest: a preeminent authority or major proponent of a movement or doctrine


high roller: a gambler who wagers large sums


highjacker: a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it


highwayman: a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it


hijacker: a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it


road agent: a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it


highjacker: someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination


hijacker: someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination


highway engineer: a civil engineer who specializes in the design and construction of roads and highways


hiker: a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)


tramp: a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)


tramper: a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)


hillbilly: a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person


bushwhacker: a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person


hippie: someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle


hippy: someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle


hipster: someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle


flower child: someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle


hired hand: a hired laborer on a farm or ranch


hand: a hired laborer on a farm or ranch


hired man: a hired laborer on a farm or ranch


hireling: a person who works only for money


pensionary: a person who works only for money


hisser: someone who communicates disapproval by hissing


historian: a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it


historiographer: a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it


hitchhiker: a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles


hitter: someone who hits


striker: someone who hits


Hittite: a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC


hoarder: a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use


hobbledehoy: an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy


hobbler: someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait


limper: someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait


hobbyist: a person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure


hockey coach: a coach of hockey players


hockey player: an athlete who plays hockey


ice-hockey player: an athlete who plays hockey


hod carrier: a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers


hodman: a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers


hog: a person regarded as greedy and pig-like


pig: a person regarded as greedy and pig-like


hoister: an operator of a hoist


holder: the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it


bearer: the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it


holder: a person who holds something


holdout: a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms


holdover: an official who remains in office after his term


hangover: an official who remains in office after his term


holdup man: an armed thief


stickup man: an armed thief


Holy Roller: a member of a religion that expresses ecstatic fervor


Holy Roman Emperor: sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire


homeboy: a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown


homeboy: a fellow male member of a youth gang


homebuilder: someone who builds houses as a business


home-builder: someone who builds houses as a business


housebuilder: someone who builds houses as a business


house-builder: someone who builds houses as a business


home buyer: someone buying a house


homegirl: a fellow female member of a youth gang


home help: a person hired to help in another's home (especially one employed by a local authority to help the infirm with domestic work)


homeless: someone unfortunate without housing


homeless person: someone unfortunate without housing


homeopath: a practitioner of homeopathy


homoeopath: a practitioner of homeopathy


homeowner: someone who owns a home


householder: someone who owns a home


Home Secretary: the British cabinet minister who is head of the Home Office


Secretary of State for the Home Department: the British cabinet minister who is head of the Home Office


homophobe: a person who hates or fears homosexual people


homosexual: someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex


homophile: someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex


homo: someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex


gay: someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex


homunculus: a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell


honest woman: a wife who has married a man with whom she has been living for some time (especially if she is pregnant at the time)


honker: a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound


honoree: a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments


honor guard: an escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral


guard of honor: an escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral


hood: an aggressive and violent young criminal


hoodlum: an aggressive and violent young criminal


goon: an aggressive and violent young criminal


punk: an aggressive and violent young criminal


thug: an aggressive and violent young criminal


tough: an aggressive and violent young criminal


toughie: an aggressive and violent young criminal


strong-armer: an aggressive and violent young criminal


hoodoo: a practitioner of voodoo


hoofer: a professional dancer


stepper: a professional dancer


hooker: (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot


hooker: a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)


Hooray Henry: a lively and ineffectual upper-class young man


hope: someone (or something) on which expectations are centered


hoper: a person who hopes


hopper: someone who hops


hornist: a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn)


horse doctor: a veterinarian who treats horses


horseman: a person who breeds and cares for horses


horse fancier: a person who breeds and cares for horses


horseman: a man skilled in equitation


equestrian: a man skilled in equitation


horseback rider: a man skilled in equitation


horse trader: a hard bargainer


horsewoman: a woman horseman


horse wrangler: a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses


wrangler: a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses


horticulturist: an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)


plantsman: an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)


hosier: a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear


hospital chaplain: a chaplain in a hospital


host: the owner or manager of an inn


innkeeper: the owner or manager of an inn


boniface: the owner or manager of an inn


hosteller: a traveler who lodges in hostels


hostess: a woman innkeeper


host: a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there


host: (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor


hostess: a woman host


hostage: a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms


surety: a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms


hotdog: someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself


hot dog: someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself


hotel detective: a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store


house detective: a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store


house dick: a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store


hotelier: an owner or manager of hotels


hotelkeeper: an owner or manager of hotels


hotel manager: an owner or manager of hotels


hotelman: an owner or manager of hotels


hosteller: an owner or manager of hotels


hotspur: a rash or impetuous person


housebreaker: a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house


cat burglar: a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house


housefather: a man in charge of children in an institution


house guest: a guest entertained in your house


houseguest: a guest entertained in your house


house husband: a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income


househusband: a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income


housekeeper: a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household


housemaster: teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse


housemate: someone who resides in the same house with you


housemother: a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people


house painter: a painter of houses a similar buildings


house physician: a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital


resident: a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital


resident physician: a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital


house sitter: a custodian who lives in and cares for a house while the regular occupant is away (usually without an exchange of money)


housewife: a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income


homemaker: a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income


lady of the house: a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income


woman of the house: a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income


housewrecker: a wrecker of houses


housebreaker: a wrecker of houses


housing commissioner: a commissioner in charge of public housing


Houyhnhnm: one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift


Huayna Capac: the Incan ruler under whom the Incan empire reached its widest extent (died in 1525)


huckster: a seller of shoddy goods


cheap-jack: a seller of shoddy goods


huckster: a person who writes radio or tv advertisements


huddler: a person who crouches


huddler: a member of a huddle


hugger: a person who hugs


Huguenot: a French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries


humanist: a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts


humanist: an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans


humanitarian: an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans


humanitarian: someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms


do-gooder: someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms


improver: someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms


hummer: a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words


humorist: someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way


humourist: someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way


humpback: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine


hunchback: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine


crookback: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine


Hun: a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century


hunger marcher: an unemployed person who participates in a hunger march


hunk: a well-built sexually attractive man


hunted person: a person who is hunted


hunter: someone who hunts game


huntsman: someone who hunts game


hunter-gatherer: a member of a hunting and gathering society


hunting guide: guide to people hunting in unfamiliar territory


huntress: a woman hunter


hunter: a person who searches for something


hurdler: an athlete who runs the hurdles


husband: a married man; a woman's partner in marriage


hubby: a married man; a woman's partner in marriage


married man: a married man; a woman's partner in marriage


ex-husband: a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband


ex: a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband


hussar: a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress


Hussite: an adherent of the religious reforms of John Huss


hustler: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties


wheeler dealer: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties


operator: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties


hydrologist: a geologist skilled in hydrology


hydromancer: one who practices hydromancy


hygienist: a medical specialist in hygiene


hyperope: a person with hyperopia; a farsighted person


hypertensive: a person who has abnormally high blood pressure


hypnotist: a person who induces hypnosis


hypnotizer: a person who induces hypnosis


hypnotiser: a person who induces hypnosis


mesmerist: a person who induces hypnosis


mesmerizer: a person who induces hypnosis


hypochondriac: a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments


hypocrite: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives


dissembler: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives


dissimulator: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives


phony: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives


phoney: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives


pretender: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives


hypotensive: a person who has abnormally low blood pressure


hysteric: a person suffering from hysteria


Iberian: a native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times)


Iberian: a native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus


iceman: someone who cuts and delivers ice


ice-skater: someone who engages in ice skating


ichthyologist: a zoologist who studies fishes


iconoclast: someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions


iconoclast: a destroyer of images used in religious worship


image breaker: a destroyer of images used in religious worship


idealist: someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations


dreamer: someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations


identical twin: either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)


monozygotic twin: either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)


monozygous twin: either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)


ideologist: an advocate of some ideology


ideologue: an advocate of some ideology


idiot: a person of subnormal intelligence


imbecile: a person of subnormal intelligence


cretin: a person of subnormal intelligence


moron: a person of subnormal intelligence


changeling: a person of subnormal intelligence


half-wit: a person of subnormal intelligence


retard: a person of subnormal intelligence


idiot savant: person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)


idler: person who does no work


loafer: person who does no work


do-nothing: person who does no work


layabout: person who does no work


bum: person who does no work


idol: someone who is adored blindly and excessively


matinee idol: someone who is adored blindly and excessively


idolater: a person who worships idols


idolizer: a person who worships idols


idoliser: a person who worships idols


idol worshiper: a person who worships idols


idolatress: a woman idolater


idolizer: a lover blind with admiration and devotion


idoliser: a lover blind with admiration and devotion


ignoramus: an ignorant person


know nothing: an ignorant person


uneducated person: an ignorant person


illiterate: a person unable to read


illiterate person: a person unable to read


nonreader: a person unable to read


imam: (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide


imaum: (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide


immigrant: a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there


immortal: a person (such as an author) of enduring fame


immune: a person who is immune to a particular infection


immunologist: a medical scientist who specializes in immunology


imp: one who is playfully mischievous


scamp: one who is playfully mischievous


monkey: one who is playfully mischievous


rascal: one who is playfully mischievous


rapscallion: one who is playfully mischievous


scalawag: one who is playfully mischievous


scallywag: one who is playfully mischievous


imperialist: a believer in imperialism


impersonator: someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another


imitator: someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another


import: an imported person brought from a foreign country


importee: an imported person brought from a foreign country


important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events


influential person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events


personage: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events


importer: someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)


imposter: a person who makes deceitful pretenses


impostor: a person who makes deceitful pretenses


pretender: a person who makes deceitful pretenses


fake: a person who makes deceitful pretenses


faker: a person who makes deceitful pretenses


fraud: a person who makes deceitful pretenses


sham: a person who makes deceitful pretenses


shammer: a person who makes deceitful pretenses


pseudo: a person who makes deceitful pretenses


pseud: a person who makes deceitful pretenses


role player: a person who makes deceitful pretenses


impressionist: a painter who follows the theories of Impressionism


inamorata: a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship


inamorato: a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship


incompetent: someone who is not competent to take effective action


incompetent person: someone who is not competent to take effective action


incubus: someone who depresses or worries others


incumbent: the official who holds an office


officeholder: the official who holds an office


incurable: a person whose disease is incurable


index case: the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study


indexer: someone who provides an index


Indian agent: a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations)


Indian chief: the leader of a group of Native Americans


Indian chieftain: the leader of a group of Native Americans


Indian giver: an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you


individual: a single organism


inductee: a person inducted into an organization or social group


industrialist: someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise


infanticide: a person who murders an infant


infantryman: fights on foot with small arms


marcher: fights on foot with small arms


foot soldier: fights on foot with small arms


footslogger: fights on foot with small arms


doughboy: an American infantryman in World War I


inferior: one of lesser rank or station or quality


infernal: an inhabitant of Hell


infielder: (baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield


infiltrator: an intruder (as troops) with hostile intent


infiltrator: someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage


informant: a person who supplies information


source: a person who supplies information


informer: one who reveals confidential information in return for money


betrayer: one who reveals confidential information in return for money


rat: one who reveals confidential information in return for money


squealer: one who reveals confidential information in return for money


blabber: one who reveals confidential information in return for money


ingenue: an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage)


ingenue: an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl


ingrate: a person who shows no gratitude


thankless wretch: a person who shows no gratitude


ungrateful person: a person who shows no gratitude


initiate: someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field


learned person: someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field


pundit: someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field


savant: someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field


polymath: a person of great and varied learning


in-law: a relative by marriage


relative-in-law: a relative by marriage


inmate: one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)


inoculator: a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases


vaccinator: a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases


inpatient: a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated


inmate: a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated


inquirer: someone who asks a question


enquirer: someone who asks a question


questioner: someone who asks a question


querier: someone who asks a question


asker: someone who asks a question


inquiry agent: a private detective


inquisitor: a questioner who is excessively harsh


interrogator: a questioner who is excessively harsh


Inquisitor: an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition


insider: an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations


insomniac: someone who cannot sleep


sleepless person: someone who cannot sleep


inspector: a high ranking police officer


inspector general: a military officer responsible for investigations


instigator: a person who initiates a course of action


initiator: a person who initiates a course of action


instigator: someone who deliberately foments trouble


provoker: someone who deliberately foments trouble


inciter: someone who deliberately foments trouble


instigant: someone who deliberately foments trouble


firebrand: someone who deliberately foments trouble


instructress: a woman instructor


instrument: a person used by another to gain an end


pawn: a person used by another to gain an end


cat's-paw: a person used by another to gain an end


insurance broker: an agent who sells insurance


insurance agent: an agent who sells insurance


general agent: an agent who sells insurance


underwriter: an agent who sells insurance


insured: a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.


insured person: a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.


insurgent: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)


insurrectionist: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)


freedom fighter: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)


rebel: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)


intelligence analyst: a government analyst of information about an enemy or potential enemy


interior designer: a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings


designer: a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings


interior decorator: a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings


house decorator: a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings


room decorator: a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings


decorator: a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings


interlocutor: a person who takes part in a conversation


conversational partner: a person who takes part in a conversation


interlocutor: the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk


middleman: the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk


intern: an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)


interne: an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)


houseman: an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)


medical intern: an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)


internal auditor: an auditor who is an employee of the company whose records are audited and who provides information to the management and board of directors


International Grandmaster: a chess player who has been awarded the highest title by an international chess organization


internationalist: a member of a socialist or communist international


internationalist: an advocate of internationalism


internee: a person who is interned


internist: a specialist in internal medicine


internuncio: (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio


interpreter: someone who mediates between speakers of different languages


translator: someone who mediates between speakers of different languages


interpreter: someone who uses art to represent something


intervenor: (law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding


interviewee: a person who is interviewed


interviewer: a person who conducts an interview


introvert: (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts


intruder: someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission


interloper: someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission


trespasser: someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission


invader: someone who enters by force in order to conquer


encroacher: someone who enters by force in order to conquer


invalid: someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury


shut-in: someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury


invalidator: an official who can invalidate or nullify


voider: an official who can invalidate or nullify


nullifier: an official who can invalidate or nullify


inventor: someone who is the first to think of or make something


discoverer: someone who is the first to think of or make something


artificer: someone who is the first to think of or make something


investigator: someone who investigates


investment adviser: someone who advises others how to invest their money


investment advisor: someone who advises others how to invest their money


investment banker: a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities


underwriter: a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities


investor: someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns


invigilator: someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating


iron man: a strong man of exceptional physical endurance


ironman: a strong man of exceptional physical endurance


ironmonger: someone who sells hardware


hardwareman: someone who sells hardware


ironside: a man of great strength or bravery


ironworker: a person who makes articles of iron


irredentist: an advocate of irredentism


irridentist: an advocate of irredentism


irreligionist: someone who is indifferent or hostile to religion


Islamist: a scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies


islander: an inhabitant of an island


island-dweller: an inhabitant of an island


Ismaili: an adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism


Ismailian: an adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism


isolationist: an advocate of isolationism in international affairs


itinerant: a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment


gypsy: a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment


gipsy: a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment


Ivy Leaguer: a student or graduate at an Ivy League school


Jack of all trades: a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well


Jacksonian: a follower of Andrew Jackson or his ideas


Jacob: (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')


Jacobean: any distinguished personage during the reign of James I


Jacobin: a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution


Jacobite: a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts


jail bird: a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly


jailbird: a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly


gaolbird: a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly


Jane Doe: an unknown or fictitious woman who is a party to legal proceedings


Janissary: a Turkish soldier


janissary: a loyal supporter


janitor: someone employed to clean and maintain a building


Jansenist: an advocate of Jansenism


Japheth: (Old Testament) son of Noah


Jat: a member of an Indo-European people widely scattered throughout the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and consisting of Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs


Javanese: a native or inhabitant of Java


Javan: a native or inhabitant of Java


jawan: (India) a private soldier or male constable


jaywalker: a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally


jazz musician: a musician who plays or composes jazz music


jazzman: a musician who plays or composes jazz music


Jeffersonian: a follower of Thomas Jefferson or his ideas and principles


Jekyll and Hyde: someone with two personalities - one good and one evil


jerk: a dull stupid fatuous person


dork: a dull stupid fatuous person


jerry-builder: someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit


jester: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages


fool: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages


motley fool: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages


Jesuit: a member of the Jesuit order


jewel: a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry


gem: a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry


jeweler: someone in the business of selling jewelry


jeweller: someone in the business of selling jewelry


jewelry maker: someone who makes jewelry


jeweler: someone who makes jewelry


jeweller: someone who makes jewelry


jezebel: a shameless impudent scheming woman


jilt: a woman who jilts a lover


jimdandy: someone excellent of their kind


jimhickey: someone excellent of their kind


crackerjack: someone excellent of their kind


jobber: someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers


middleman: someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers


wholesaler: someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers


job candidate: an applicant who is being considered for a job


jobholder: an employee who holds a regular job


Job: any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing


Job's comforter: someone whose comfort is actually discouraging


jockey: someone employed to ride horses in horse races


jockey: an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus


jogger: someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise)


John Doe: an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings


John Doe: a hypothetical average man


Joe Blow: a hypothetical average man


Joe Bloggs: a hypothetical average man


man in the street: a hypothetical average man


joiner: a woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood


joiner: a person who likes to join groups


joker: a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes


jokester: a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes


joker: a person who does something thoughtless or annoying


turkey: a person who does something thoughtless or annoying


jonah: a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him


jinx: a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him


journalist: a writer for newspapers and magazines


Judas: someone who betrays under the guise of friendship


judge: a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice


justice: a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice


jurist: a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice


judge advocate: a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander


judge advocate: an officer assigned to the judge advocate general


judge advocate general: the senior legal advisor to a branch of the military


Judith: Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes


juggler: a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity


juggernaut: a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way


steamroller: a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way


jumper: an athlete who competes at jumping


jumper: a person who jumps


Jungian: a follower or advocate of Carl Jung's theories


junior: the younger of two persons


junior: a third-year undergraduate


Junior: a son who has the same first name as his father


Jr: a son who has the same first name as his father


Jnr: a son who has the same first name as his father


junior featherweight: weighs no more than 122 pounds


junior lightweight: weighs no more than 130 pounds


junior middleweight: weighs no more than 154 pounds


junior welterweight: weighs no more than 140 pounds


jurist: a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations


legal expert: a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations


juror: someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury


juryman: someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury


jurywoman: someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury


justice of the peace: a local magistrate with limited powers


justiciar: formerly a high judicial officer


justiciary: formerly a high judicial officer


kachina: a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit


kaffir: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African


kafir: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African


caffer: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African


caffre: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African


Kalon Tripa: the chairman of the Kashag and essentially head of the Tibetan government-in-exile


kamikaze: a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash


Kaiser: the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918


keeper: someone in charge of other people


kerb crawler: someone who drives slowly along the curb seeking sex from prostitutes or other women


keyboardist: a musician who plays a keyboard instrument


Keynesian: a follower of the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes


khan: a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries


Khedive: one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914


kibbutznik: a member of a kibbutz


kibitzer: (Yiddish) a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others


kicker: a player who kicks the football


kiddy: a young child


kidnapper: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)


kidnaper: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)


abductor: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)


snatcher: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)


killer: someone who causes the death of a person or animal


slayer: someone who causes the death of a person or animal


killer bee: an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover


king: a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom


male monarch: a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom


Rex: a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom


kingmaker: an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence


King of England: the sovereign ruler of England


King of Great Britain: the sovereign ruler of England


King of France: the sovereign ruler of France


King of the Germans: the sovereign ruler of the Germans


king: a competitor who holds a preeminent position


queen: a competitor who holds a preeminent position


world-beater: a competitor who holds a preeminent position


kingpin: the most important person in a group or undertaking


top banana: the most important person in a group or undertaking


bigwig: the most important person in a group or undertaking


King's Counsel: Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a king


Counsel to the Crown: a barrister selected to serve as counsel to the British ruler


relative: a person related by blood or marriage


relation: a person related by blood or marriage


blood relation: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another


blood relative: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another


cognate: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another


sib: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another


kin: a person having kinship with another or others


kinsperson: a person having kinship with another or others


family: a person having kinship with another or others


enate: one related on the mother's side


matrikin: one related on the mother's side


matrilineal kin: one related on the mother's side


matrisib: one related on the mother's side


matrilineal sib: one related on the mother's side


agnate: one related on the father's side


patrikin: one related on the father's side


patrilineal kin: one related on the father's side


patrisib: one related on the father's side


patrilineal sib: one related on the father's side


kink: a person with unusual sexual tastes


kinsman: a male relative


kinswoman: a female relative


kisser: someone who kisses


osculator: someone who kisses


kissing cousin: a more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss


kissing kin: a more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss


kitchen help: help hired to work in the kitchen


kitchen police: an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks


KP: an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks


Klansman: a member of the Ku Klux Klan


Ku Kluxer: a member of the Ku Klux Klan


Kluxer: a member of the Ku Klux Klan


kleptomaniac: someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive


klutz: (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt


knacker: someone who buys up old horses for slaughter


knacker: someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them


kneeler: a person in a kneeling position


knight: originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit


knight bachelor: a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon


bachelor-at-arms: a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon


bachelor: a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon


knight banneret: a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command


knight of the square flag: a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command


banneret: a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command


Knight of the Round Table: in the Arthurian legend, a knight of King Arthur's court


knight-errant: a wandering knight travelling in search of adventure


Knight Templar: a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher


Templar: a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher


Knight Templar: a man who belongs to a Masonic order in the United States


knitter: someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread


knocker: a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)


knocker: (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person


knower: a person who knows or apprehends


apprehender: a person who knows or apprehends


know-it-all: someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others


know-all: someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others


kolkhoznik: a member of a kolkhoz


kook: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group


odd fellow: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group


odd fish: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group


queer bird: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group


queer duck: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group


odd man out: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group


koto player: a musician who plays the koto


Kshatriya: a member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste


kvetch: (Yiddish) a constant complainer


labor coach: an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes


birthing coach: an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes


doula: an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes


monitrice: an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes


laborer: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor


manual laborer: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor


labourer: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor


jack: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor


labor leader: a leader of a labor movement


Labourite: a member of the British Labour Party


lacer: a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding)


lackey: a male servant (especially a footman)


flunky: a male servant (especially a footman)


flunkey: a male servant (especially a footman)


lacrosse player: an athlete who plays lacrosse


Lady: a woman of the peerage in Britain


noblewoman: a woman of the peerage in Britain


peeress: a woman of the peerage in Britain


lady: a polite name for any woman


lady-in-waiting: a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess


ladylove: a woman who is a man's sweetheart


dulcinea: a woman who is a man's sweetheart


lady's maid: a maid who is a lady's personal attendant


laird: a landowner


lama: a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism


Lamarckian: a believer in Lamarckism


lamb: a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)


dear: a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)


lamb: a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)


lame duck: an elected official still in office but not slated to continue


laminator: a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates)


lamplighter: (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights


lampoon artist: a cartoonist who draws parodies or satirical renditions of cultural or social or political situations


lance corporal: an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal


lancer: (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance


land agent: a person who administers a landed estate


landgrave: a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany


landlady: a landlord who is a woman


landlord: a landowner who leases to others


landlubber: an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage


lubber: an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage


landsman: an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage


landlubber: a person who lives and works on land


landsman: a person who lives and works on land


landman: a person who lives and works on land


landowner: a holder or proprietor of land


landholder: a holder or proprietor of land


property owner: a holder or proprietor of land


landscape architect: someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively


landscape gardener: someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively


landscaper: someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively


landscapist: someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively


landscapist: someone who paints landscapes


langlaufer: a cross-country skier


languisher: a person who languishes


lapidary: a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones


lapidist: a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones


lapidary: an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them


lapidarist: an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them


larcenist: a person who commits larceny


larcener: a person who commits larceny


large person: a person of greater than average size


lascar: an East Indian sailor


lasher: a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip


lass: a girl or young woman who is unmarried


lassie: a girl or young woman who is unmarried


young girl: a girl or young woman who is unmarried


jeune fille: a girl or young woman who is unmarried


latchkey child: a school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work)


latecomer: someone who arrives late


lather: a workman who puts up laths


Latin: a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin


Latin: an inhabitant of ancient Latium


Latinist: a specialist in the Latin language


latitudinarian: a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)


Jehovah's Witness: believer in imminent approach of the millennium; practitioner of active evangelism


Latter-Day Saint: a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints


Mormon: a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints


laudator: someone who communicates high praise


lauder: someone who communicates high praise


extoller: someone who communicates high praise


laugher: a person who is laughing or who laughs easily


laureate: someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath


law agent: a solicitor in Scotland


lawgiver: a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws


lawmaker: a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws


lawman: an officer of the law


law officer: an officer of the law


peace officer: an officer of the law


law student: a student in law school


lawyer: a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice


attorney: a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice


layman: someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person


layperson: someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person


secular: someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person


lay reader: a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church


lay witness: any witness who does not testify as an expert witness


Lazarus: the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar


Lazarus: the person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb; this miracle caused the enemies of Jesus to begin the plan to put him to death


lazybones: a lazy person


leading lady: actress who plays the leading female role


leading man: actor who plays the leading male role


leaker: a surreptitious informant


learner: someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs


scholar: someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs


assimilator: someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs


leaseholder: a tenant who holds a lease


lessee: a tenant who holds a lease


lector: a public lecturer at certain universities


lecturer: a public lecturer at certain universities


reader: a public lecturer at certain universities


lector: someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church


reader: someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church


lecturer: someone who lectures professionally


leech: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage


parasite: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage


sponge: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage


sponger: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage


left-handed pitcher: a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand


left-hander: a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand


left hander: a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand


lefthander: a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand


lefty: a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand


southpaw: a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand


left-hander: a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right


lefty: a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right


southpaw: a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right


legal representative: a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will)


legate: a member of a legation


official emissary: a member of a legation


legatee: someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed


legionnaire: a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)


legionary: a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)


Legionnaire: a member of the American Legion


legislator: someone who makes or enacts laws


lender: someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters


loaner: someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters


leper: a pariah who is avoided by others


leper: a person afflicted with leprosy


lazar: a person afflicted with leprosy


lepidopterist: an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths


lepidopterologist: an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths


butterfly collector: an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths


lesbian: a female homosexual


tribade: a female homosexual


gay woman: a female homosexual


lessor: someone who grants a lease


lease giver: someone who grants a lease


letter: owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire


letterer: a painter of letters


letterman: an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport


leveler: a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions


leveller: a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions


leviathan: the largest or most massive thing of its kind


Levite: a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (especially the branch that provided male assistants to the temple priests)


lexicographer: a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language


lexicologist: a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language


liar: a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly


prevaricator: a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly


liberal: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties


liberalist: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties


progressive: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties


liberal: a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets


liberator: someone who releases people from captivity or bondage


libertarian: someone who believes the doctrine of free will


libertarian: an advocate of libertarianism


libertine: a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained


debauchee: a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained


rounder: a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained


librarian: a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services


bibliothec: a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services


librettist: author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta


licensed practical nurse: a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick


LPN: a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick


practical nurse: a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick


licensee: someone to whom a license is granted


licenser: an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications)


licentiate: holds a license (degree) from a (European) university


lie-abed: a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour


slugabed: a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour


lieder singer: a singer of lieder


liege: a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service


liege lord: a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service


lieutenant: an officer in a police force


police lieutenant: an officer in a police force


lieutenant: a commissioned military officer


lieutenant: an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade


lieutenant colonel: a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel


light colonel: a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel


lieutenant commander: a commissioned officer in the Navy ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander


lieutenant general: a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general


lieutenant governor: an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of a state of the United States


lieutenant junior grade: an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign


lieutenant JG: an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign


life: a living person


lifeguard: an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents


lifesaver: an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents


life peer: a British peer whose title lapses at death


lifer: a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment


life tenant: a tenant whose legal right to retain possession of buildings or lands lasts as long as they (or some other person) live


lighterman: someone who operates a barge


bargeman: someone who operates a barge


bargee: someone who operates a barge


light flyweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 106 pounds


light heavyweight: a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds


cruiserweight: a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds


light heavyweight: a wrestler who weighs 192-214 pounds


light heavyweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 179 pounds


light middleweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 156 pounds


lighthouse keeper: the keeper of a lighthouse


lightning rod: someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another


light-o'-love: a woman inconstant in love


light-of-love: a woman inconstant in love


lightweight: a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds


lightweight: a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds


lightweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds


light welterweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 140 pounds


lilliputian: a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)


linebacker: a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen


line backer: a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen


limnologist: a specialist in the study of freshwater ponds and lakes


line judge: football official who assists the referee by keeping track of the official time during the game


lineman: one of the players on the line of scrimmage


lineman: the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole


linendraper: a retail dealer in yard goods


line officer: a commissioned officer with combat units (not a staff officer or a supply officer)


linesman: official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside)


line worker: an employee who works on an assembly line


linguist: a person who speaks more than one language


polyglot: a person who speaks more than one language


linguist: a specialist in linguistics


linguistic scientist: a specialist in linguistics


linkboy: (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets


linkman: (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets


lion: a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after)


social lion: a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after)


lion-hunter: someone who hunts lions


lion-hunter: someone who tries to attract social lions as guests


lip reader: someone who can understand spoken words by watching the movements of a speaker's lips


liquidator: (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties


receiver: (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties


lisper: a speaker who lisps


lister: assessor who makes out the tax lists


literary critic: a critic of literature


literate: a person who can read and write


literate person: a person who can read and write


lithographer: a printmaker who uses lithography


lithomancer: one who practices lithomancy


litigant: (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation


litigator: (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation


litterer: a person who litters public places with refuse


litterbug: a person who litters public places with refuse


litter lout: a person who litters public places with refuse


little brother: a younger brother


Little John: legendary follower of Robin Hood; noted for his size and strength


little leaguer: a player between 8 and 12 years of age who is a member of a little-league team


Little Red Riding Hood: a girl in a fairy tale who meets a wolf while going to visit her grandmother


little sister: a younger sister


liturgist: an authority on liturgies


liveborn infant: infant who shows signs of life after birth


liver: someone who lives in a place


liver: a person who has a special life style


liveryman: a worker in a livery stable


loader: an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game


lobbyist: someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer


lobsterman: a person whose occupation is catching lobsters


locator: a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims


locater: a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims


lockmaster: a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)


lockman: a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)


lockkeeper: a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)


locksmith: someone who makes or repairs locks


locum tenens: someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession


locum: someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession


lodger: a tenant in someone's house


boarder: a tenant in someone's house


roomer: a tenant in someone's house


logical positivist: someone who maintains that any statement that cannot be verified empirically is meaningless


logician: a person skilled at symbolic logic


logistician: a person skilled at symbolic logic


logomach: someone given to disputes over words


logomachist: someone given to disputes over words


loiterer: someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place


lingerer: someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place


Lolita: a sexually precocious young girl


lollipop lady: a woman hired to help children cross a road safely near a school


lollipop woman: a woman hired to help children cross a road safely near a school


loner: a person who avoids the company or assistance of others


lone wolf: a person who avoids the company or assistance of others


lone hand: a person who avoids the company or assistance of others


longbowman: a medieval English archer who used a longbow


longer: a person with a strong desire for something


thirster: a person with a strong desire for something


yearner: a person with a strong desire for something


long shot: a contestant that is unlikely to win


lookout: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event


lookout man: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event


sentinel: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event


sentry: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event


watch: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event


spotter: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event


scout: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event


picket: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event


loon: a worthless lazy fellow


loose cannon: a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous


Lord: a titled peer of the realm


noble: a titled peer of the realm


nobleman: a titled peer of the realm


Lord Chancellor: the highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords


Lord High Chancellor: the highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords


Lord of Misrule: a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration


Lord Privy Seal: the senior cabinet minister in the British Cabinet who has no official duties


Lorelei: a Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction


loser: a gambler who loses a bet


loser: a contestant who loses the contest


also-ran: a contestant who loses the contest


failure: a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently


loser: a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently


nonstarter: a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently


unsuccessful person: a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently


old maid: the loser in a game of old maid


underboss: an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)


underdog: one at a disadvantage and expected to lose


Lot: (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction


Lot's wife: (Old Testament) when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his family were told to flee without looking back; Lot's wife was disobedient and was immediately changed into a pillar of salt


Lothario: a successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women


loudmouth: a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly


blusterer: a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly


lounge lizard: a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him


lizard: a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him


lout: an awkward stupid person


clod: an awkward stupid person


stumblebum: an awkward stupid person


goon: an awkward stupid person


oaf: an awkward stupid person


lubber: an awkward stupid person


lummox: an awkward stupid person


lump: an awkward stupid person


gawk: an awkward stupid person


lowerclassman: an undergraduate who is not yet a senior


underclassman: an undergraduate who is not yet a senior


low-birth-weight baby: an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age


low-birth-weight infant: an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age


Lowlander: a native of the Lowlands of Scotland


Scottish Lowlander: a native of the Lowlands of Scotland


Lowland Scot: a native of the Lowlands of Scotland


loyalist: a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)


stalwart: a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)


Lubavitcher: a member of the Lubavitch movement; a follower of Chabad Hasidism


Luddite: one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment


Luddite: any opponent of technological progress


luger: someone who races the luge


slider: someone who races the luge


lumberman: a person who fells trees


lumberjack: a person who fells trees


logger: a person who fells trees


feller: a person who fells trees


faller: a person who fells trees