pivot: the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver


pivot man: the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver


place-kicker: (football) a kicker who makes a place kick for a goal


placekicker: (football) a kicker who makes a place kick for a goal


placeman: a disparaging term for an appointee


placeseeker: a disparaging term for an appointee


placer miner: a miner who extracts minerals from a placer by washing or dredging


plagiarist: someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own


plagiarizer: someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own


plagiariser: someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own


literary pirate: someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own


pirate: someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own


plainclothesman: a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty


plainsman: an inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America)


plaintiff: a person who brings an action in a court of law


complainant: a person who brings an action in a court of law


plaiter: someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.)


planner: a person who makes plans


contriver: a person who makes plans


deviser: a person who makes plans


plant: an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience


planter: the owner or manager of a plantation


plantation owner: the owner or manager of a plantation


planter: a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground


plasterer: a worker skilled in applying plaster


plaster saint: a person (considered to be) without human failings


platelayer: a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks


tracklayer: a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks


plater: a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold)


platinum blond: a blond whose hair is a pale silvery (often artificially colored) blond


platinum blonde: a blond whose hair is a pale silvery (often artificially colored) blond


platitudinarian: a bore who makes excessive use of platitudes


Platonist: an advocate of Platonism


playboy: a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure


man-about-town: a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure


Corinthian: a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure


player: a person who participates in or is skilled at some game


participant: a person who participates in or is skilled at some game


player: an important participant (as in a business deal)


player: a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously


playgoer: someone who attends the theater


theatergoer: someone who attends the theater


theatregoer: someone who attends the theater


playmaker: a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score


playmate: a companion at play


playfellow: a companion at play


pleaser: a pleasing entertainer


plebeian: one of the common people


pleb: one of the common people


pledge: someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group


pledgee: someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge


pledger: someone who makes or gives a pledge


pledge taker: a volunteer who records (usually by telephone) contributions pledged in a fund drive


plenipotentiary: a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government


plier: someone who plies a trade


plyer: someone who plies a trade


plodder: someone who moves slowly


slowpoke: someone who moves slowly


stick-in-the-mud: someone who moves slowly


slowcoach: someone who moves slowly


plodder: someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours


slogger: someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours


plotter: a clerk who marks data on a chart


mapper: a clerk who marks data on a chart


plowboy: a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow


ploughboy: a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow


plowman: a man who plows


ploughman: a man who plows


plower: a man who plows


plowwright: a workman who makes and repairs plows


ploughwright: a workman who makes and repairs plows


plumber: a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances


pipe fitter: a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances


plunderer: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)


pillager: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)


looter: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)


spoiler: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)


despoiler: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)


raider: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)


freebooter: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)


pluralist: someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society


pluralist: a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature


pluralist: a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time


plutocrat: someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth


poacher: someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another


poet: a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)


poetess: a woman poet


poet laureate: the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain


poet laureate: a poet who is unofficially regarded as holding an honorary position in a particular group or region


poilu: a French soldier (especially in World War I)


pointillist: a painter who uses the technique of pointillism


point man: a soldier who goes ahead of a patrol


point man: someone who is the forefront of an important enterprise


pointsman: a policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic


point woman: a woman who is the forefront of an important enterprise


poisoner: someone who kills with poison


polemicist: a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)


polemist: a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)


polemic: a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)


police commissioner: a civil commissioner appointed to supervise the duties and discipline of the police


policeman: a member of a police force


police officer: a member of a police force


officer: a member of a police force


police matron: a woman policeman


policewoman: a woman policeman


police sergeant: a lawman with the rank of sergeant


sergeant: a lawman with the rank of sergeant


policyholder: a person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written


policy maker: someone who sets the plan pursued by a government or business etc.


political prisoner: someone who is imprisoned because of their political views


political scientist: a social scientist specializing in the study of government


politician: a person active in party politics


politico: a person active in party politics


pol: a person active in party politics


political leader: a person active in party politics


politician: a leader engaged in civil administration


politician: a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways


pollster: someone who conducts surveys of public opinion


poll taker: someone who conducts surveys of public opinion


headcounter: someone who conducts surveys of public opinion


canvasser: someone who conducts surveys of public opinion


polluter: a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment


defiler: a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment


poltroon: an abject coward


craven: an abject coward


recreant: an abject coward


polyandrist: a woman with two or more husbands


polygamist: someone who is married to two or more people at the same time


polygynist: a man with two or more wives


polytheist: one who believes in a plurality of gods


pomologist: someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees


ponce: a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses


pontifex: a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome


pooler: someone who shares in and contributes to a general fund for use by all


pool player: someone who shoots pool


poor devil: someone you feel sorry for


wretch: someone you feel sorry for


poor person: a person with few or no possessions


have-not: a person with few or no possessions


pope: the head of the Roman Catholic Church


Catholic Pope: the head of the Roman Catholic Church


Roman Catholic Pope: the head of the Roman Catholic Church


pontiff: the head of the Roman Catholic Church


Holy Father: the head of the Roman Catholic Church


Vicar of Christ: the head of the Roman Catholic Church


Bishop of Rome: the head of the Roman Catholic Church


popinjay: a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot)


popularizer: someone who makes attractive to the general public


populariser: someone who makes attractive to the general public


vulgarizer: someone who makes attractive to the general public


vulgariser: someone who makes attractive to the general public


pork butcher: a vendor of pork and products made from pork


pornographer: someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores


porn merchant: someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores


porter: a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)


Pullman porter: a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)


porter: a person employed to carry luggage and supplies


portraitist: a painter or drawer of portraits


portrait painter: a painter or drawer of portraits


portrayer: a painter or drawer of portraits


limner: a painter or drawer of portraits


portwatcher: a watchman on a wharf


port watcher: a watchman on a wharf


poseur: a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not


poser: a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not


poseuse: a woman poseur


positivist: someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes


rationalist: someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes


posseman: an able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse


possible: an applicant who might be suitable


postdiluvian: anything living after Noah's flood


postdoc: a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree


post doc: a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree


poster boy: a male poster child


poster child: a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes


poster girl: a female poster child


postmature infant: infant born after 42 weeks of gestation; usually shows signs of placental insufficiency


postulator: someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument


postulator: (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization


posturer: someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others


private citizen: a citizen who does not hold any official or public position


probable: an applicant likely to be chosen


problem solver: a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution


solver: a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution


convergent thinker: a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution


pro-lifer: an advocate of full legal protection for embryos and fetuses; someone opposed to legalized induced abortion


proprietress: a woman proprietor


prosthetist: an expert in prosthetics


prosthodontist: a dentist who is expert in prosthodontics


provincial: (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order


postal clerk: a clerk in a post office


mail clerk: a clerk in a post office


postilion: someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)


postillion: someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)


Postimpressionist: an artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against Impressionism


Post-impressionist: an artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against Impressionism


postmaster: the person in charge of a post office


postmistress: a woman postmaster


postmaster general: the official in charge of the national postal service


postulant: one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order


potboy: a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores


potman: a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores


pothead: someone who smokes marijuana habitually


potholer: a person who explores caves


spelunker: a person who explores caves


speleologist: a person who explores caves


spelaeologist: a person who explores caves


pothunter: someone who hunts for food (not for sport)


pothunter: someone who participates in contests in order to collect trophies


pothunter: a nonprofessional archeologist


potter: a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln


thrower: a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln


ceramicist: a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln


ceramist: a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln


poultryman: a dealer in poultry and poultry products


poulterer: a dealer in poultry and poultry products


powderer: someone who applies or scatters powder


powder monkey: someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship)


power: one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority


force: one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority


influence: one having power to influence another


Moloch: a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice; ; - Norman Douglas


power broker: a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control


powerbroker: a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control


powerhouse: a highly energetic and indefatigable person


human dynamo: a highly energetic and indefatigable person


ball of fire: a highly energetic and indefatigable person


fireball: a highly energetic and indefatigable person


power user: (computing) a computer user who needs the fastest and most powerful computers available


power worker: a worker at a power station


power-station worker: a worker at a power station


practitioner: someone who practices a learned profession


practician: someone who practices a learned profession


praetor: an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic


pretor: an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic


Praetorian Guard: a member of the Praetorian Guard


Praetorian: a member of the Praetorian Guard


pragmatist: a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions


pragmatist: an adherent of philosophical pragmatism


prankster: someone who plays practical jokes on others


cut-up: someone who plays practical jokes on others


trickster: someone who plays practical jokes on others


tricker: someone who plays practical jokes on others


hoaxer: someone who plays practical jokes on others


practical joker: someone who plays practical jokes on others


prattler: someone who speaks in a childish way


prayer: someone who prays to God


supplicant: someone who prays to God


preacher: someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel


preacher man: someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel


sermonizer: someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel


sermoniser: someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel


prebendary: a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church


preceptor: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)


don: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)


predecessor: one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)


preemptor: a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid


pre-emptor: a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid


preemptor: someone who acquires land by preemption


pre-emptor: someone who acquires land by preemption


prefect: a chief officer or chief magistrate


Pre-Raphaelite: a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals


premature baby: an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation


preterm baby: an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation


premature infant: an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation


preterm infant: an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation


preemie: an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation


premie: an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation


presbyope: a person with presbyopia; someone who is farsighted resulting from the progressive loss with aging of the elasticity of the crystalline lens


presbyter: an elder in the Presbyterian Church


Presbyterian: a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church


preschooler: a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten


kindergartner: a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten


kindergartener: a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten


presenter: an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)


sponsor: an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)


presenter: someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.)


presentist: a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) are being fulfilled at the present time


preservationist: someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas


preserver: someone who keeps safe from harm or danger


preserver: a cook who preserves fruits or meat


president: the chief executive of a republic


President of the United States: the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government


United States President: the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government


President: the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government


Chief Executive: the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government


president: an executive officer of a firm or corporation


president: the head administrative officer of a college or university


prexy: the head administrative officer of a college or university


president: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization


chairman: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization


chairwoman: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization


chair: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization


chairperson: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization


presiding officer: the leader of a group meeting


pre-Socratic: any philosopher who lived before Socrates


press agent: someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)


publicity man: someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)


public relations man: someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)


PR man: someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)


press lord: a powerful newspaper proprietor


press photographer: a photographer who works for a newspaper


Pretender: a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)


preterist: a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled


prevailing party: the party in a lawsuit who obtains a judgment in their own favor


prey: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence


quarry: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence


target: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence


fair game: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence


priest: a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders


priest: a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion


non-Christian priest: a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion


priestess: a woman priest


prima ballerina: a leading female ballet dancer


prima donna: a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star


diva: a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star


prima donna: a vain and temperamental person


primary care physician: the physician who provides primary care


primigravida: (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time


gravida I: (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time


primipara: (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time


para I: (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time


primordial dwarf: an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal


hypoplastic dwarf: an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal


true dwarf: an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal


normal dwarf: an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal


primus: the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland


prince: a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)


Elector: any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire


prince charming: a suitor who fulfills the dreams of his beloved


prince consort: a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign


princeling: a young prince


princeling: a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality


Prince of Wales: the male heir apparent of the British sovereign


princess: a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)


princess royal: the eldest daughter of a British sovereign


principal: the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account


dealer: the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account


principal: the educator who has executive authority for a school


school principal: the educator who has executive authority for a school


head teacher: the educator who has executive authority for a school


head: the educator who has executive authority for a school


principal: (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement


principal investigator: the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project


PI: the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project


printer: someone whose occupation is printing


pressman: someone whose occupation is printing


printer's devil: an apprentice in a printing establishment


printmaker: an artist who designs and makes prints


graphic artist: an artist who designs and makes prints


print seller: someone who sells etchings and engravings etc.


prior: the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot


prisoner: a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war


captive: a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war


prisoner of war: a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war


POW: a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war


private: an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines


buck private: an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines


common soldier: an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines


private detective: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information


PI: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information


private eye: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information


private investigator: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information


operative: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information


shamus: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information


sherlock: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information


privateer: an officer or crew member of a privateer


privateersman: an officer or crew member of a privateer


prizefighter: a professional boxer


gladiator: a professional boxer


probability theorist: a mathematician who specializes in probability theory


probationer: someone released on probation or on parole


parolee: someone released on probation or on parole


probationer: a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period


student nurse: a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period


probation officer: the officer of the court who supervises probationers


processor: someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)


process-server: someone who personally delivers a process (a writ compelling attendance in court) or court papers to the defendant


proconsul: a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire


proconsul: an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power


procrastinator: someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)


postponer: someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)


cunctator: someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)


proctologist: a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus


proctor: someone who supervises (an examination)


monitor: someone who supervises (an examination)


procurator: (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes


procurer: someone who obtains or acquires


securer: someone who obtains or acquires


procuress: a woman pimp


prodigal: a recklessly extravagant consumer


profligate: a recklessly extravagant consumer


squanderer: a recklessly extravagant consumer


prodigy: an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration


producer: someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)


professional: a person engaged in one of the learned professions


professional person: a person engaged in one of the learned professions


professional: an athlete who plays for pay


pro: an athlete who plays for pay


professor: someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university


prof: someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university


profiteer: someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)


profit taker: someone who sells stock shares at a profit


programmer: a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs


computer programmer: a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs


coder: a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs


software engineer: a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs


projectionist: the person who operates the projector in a movie house


proletarian: a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)


prole: a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)


worker: a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)


promisee: a person to whom a promise is made


promiser: a person who makes a promise


promisor: a person who makes a promise


promoter: someone who is an active supporter and advocate


booster: someone who is an active supporter and advocate


plugger: someone who is an active supporter and advocate


prompter: someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech


theater prompter: someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech


promulgator: (law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution)


proofreader: someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections


reader: someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections


propagandist: a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government


propagator: someone who spreads the news


disseminator: someone who spreads the news


propagator: someone who propagates plants (as under glass)


property man: member of the stage crew in charge of properties


propman: member of the stage crew in charge of properties


property master: member of the stage crew in charge of properties


prophet: an authoritative person who divines the future


prophesier: an authoritative person who divines the future


oracle: an authoritative person who divines the future


seer: an authoritative person who divines the future


vaticinator: an authoritative person who divines the future


prophetess: a woman prophet


prophet: someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God


proposer: (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion


mover: (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion


propositus: the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action


prosecutor: a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state


public prosecutor: a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state


prosecuting officer: a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state


prosecuting attorney: a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state


proselyte: a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism


prospector: someone who explores an area for mineral deposits


prostitute: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money


cocotte: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money


whore: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money


harlot: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money


bawd: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money


tart: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money


cyprian: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money


fancy woman: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money


working girl: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money


sporting lady: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money


lady of pleasure: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money


woman of the street: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money


protectionist: an advocate of protectionism


protege: a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career


protegee: a woman protege


protozoologist: a zoologist who studies protozoans


provider: someone who provides the means for subsistence


provost: a high-ranking university administrator


provost marshal: the supervisor of the military police


prowler: someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions


sneak: someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions


stalker: someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions


proxy: a person authorized to act for another


placeholder: a person authorized to act for another


procurator: a person authorized to act for another


prude: a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum


puritan: a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum


pruner: a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs


trimmer: a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs


psalmist: a composer of sacred songs


psephologist: a sociologist who studies election trends


pseudohermaphrodite: someone having external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex; not a true hermaphrodite because there is no ambiguity in the sex of the external genitalia and hence no question about gender at birth


psychiatrist: a physician who specializes in psychiatry


head-shrinker: a physician who specializes in psychiatry


shrink: a physician who specializes in psychiatry


psychic: a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception


spirit rapper: someone who claims to receive messages from the dead in the form of raps on a table


psycholinguist: a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language


psychologist: a scientist trained in psychology


psychophysicist: a psychologist trained in psychophysics


sociopath: someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')


psychopath: someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')


psychopomp: a conductor of souls to the afterworld


psychotherapist: a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders


clinical psychologist: a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders


psychotic: a person afflicted with psychosis


psychotic person: a person afflicted with psychosis


psycho: a person afflicted with psychosis


pteridologist: an expert in the study of ferns


publican: the keeper of a public house


tavern keeper: the keeper of a public house


public defender: a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense


publicist: someone who publicizes


publicizer: someone who publicizes


publiciser: someone who publicizes


public relations person: a person employed to establish and promote a favorable relationship with the public


public servant: someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)


publisher: a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music


publisher: the proprietor of a newspaper


newspaper publisher: the proprietor of a newspaper


puddler: a worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling


pudge: a short fat person


puerpera: a woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter


puller: someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something


tugger: someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something


dragger: someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something


puller: someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself


puncher: someone who delivers punches


punching bag: a person on whom another person vents their anger


punk rocker: a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture


punk: a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture


punster: someone overly fond of making puns


punter: (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground


punter: someone who propels a boat with a pole


puppet ruler: a leader or ruler who is chosen by a despot to head a government


puppet leader: a leader or ruler who is chosen by a despot to head a government


puppeteer: one who operates puppets or marionettes


puppy: an inexperienced young person


pup: an inexperienced young person


purchasing agent: an agent who purchases goods or services for another


purist: someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)


puritan: someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures


Puritan: a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship


purser: an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare


pursued: a person who is being chased


chased: a person who is being chased


pursuer: a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture


chaser: a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture


pursuer: a person who pursues some plan or goal


purveyor: someone who supplies provisions (especially food)


pusher: someone who pushes


shover: someone who pushes


pusher: an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs


drug peddler: an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs


peddler: an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs


drug dealer: an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs


drug trafficker: an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs


pusher: one who intrudes or pushes himself forward


thruster: one who intrudes or pushes himself forward


pushover: someone who is easily taken advantage of


pussycat: a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable


putter: a golfer who is putting


putterer: a person who putters about


potterer: a person who putters about


putz: (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot


Pygmy: any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet


Pigmy: any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet


pygmy: an unusually small individual


pigmy: an unusually small individual


pyrographer: an artist who practices pyrography


pyromancer: one who practices pyromancy


python: a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit


pythoness: a witch with powers of divination


qadi: an Islamic judge


quack: an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice


quadripara: (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies


quadriplegic: a person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs


quadruplet: one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy


quad: one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy


quaestor: any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)


quaffer: a person who drinks heartily


quaker: one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear


trembler: one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear


qualifier: a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition


quarreler: a disputant who quarrels


quarreller: a disputant who quarrels


quarryman: a man who works in a quarry


quarrier: a man who works in a quarry


quarter: an unspecified person


quarterback: (football) the person who plays quarterback


signal caller: (football) the person who plays quarterback


field general: (football) the person who plays quarterback


quartermaster: an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops


quartermaster general: a staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army


Quebecois: a native or inhabitant of Quebec (especially one who speaks French)


queen: a female sovereign ruler


queen regnant: a female sovereign ruler


female monarch: a female sovereign ruler


Queen of England: the sovereign ruler of England


queen: the wife or widow of a king


queen: something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind


queen consort: the wife of a reigning king


queen dowager: the widow of a king


queen mother: a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign


queen regent: a queen who serves as ruler when the king cannot


Queen's Counsel: Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen


question master: the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game


quizmaster: the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game


Quetzalcoatl: an Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent


quibbler: a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections


caviller: a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections


caviler: a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections


pettifogger: a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections


quick study: someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily


sponge: someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily


quietist: a religious mystic who follows quietism


quintipara: (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies


quintuplet: one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy


quint: one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy


quin: one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy


quitter: a person who gives up too easily


quoter: a communicator (speaker or writer) who uses quotations


rabbi: spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law


racer: someone who drives racing cars at high speeds


race driver: someone who drives racing cars at high speeds


automobile driver: someone who drives racing cars at high speeds


racetrack tout: someone who offers advice about betting on horses (either to influence the odds or in the hope of sharing some of the winnings)


racist: a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others


racialist: a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others


racker: an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack


racketeer: someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)


radical: a person who has radical ideas or opinions


radio announcer: an announcer whose voice is broadcast on radio


radiobiologist: a biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living organisms


radiographer: a person who makes radiographs


radiologic technologist: a scientist trained in radiological technology


radiologist: a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease


radiotherapist: a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease


radio operator: someone who operates a radio transmitter


raftsman: someone who travels by raft


raftman: someone who travels by raft


rafter: someone who travels by raft


ragamuffin: a dirty shabbily clothed urchin


tatterdemalion: a dirty shabbily clothed urchin


ragpicker: an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood


ragsorter: a worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking)


railbird: a fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track


rail-splitter: a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences


splitter: a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences


rainmaker: American Indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain


rainmaker: executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm


raiser: a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid


raja: a prince or king in India


rajah: a prince or king in India


Rajput: a member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India


Rajpoot: a member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India


rake: a dissolute man in fashionable society


rakehell: a dissolute man in fashionable society


profligate: a dissolute man in fashionable society


rip: a dissolute man in fashionable society


blood: a dissolute man in fashionable society


roue: a dissolute man in fashionable society


rambler: a person whose speech or writing is not well organized


rambler: a person who takes long walks in the country


ramrod: a harshly demanding overseer


rancher: a person who owns or operates a ranch


ranch hand: a hired hand on a ranch


rani: (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja


ranee: (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja


ranker: an enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces


ranker: a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status


ranter: someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner


raver: someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner


raper: someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse


rapist: someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse


rape suspect: someone who is suspected of committing rape


rapper: someone who performs rap music


rapporteur: a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings


rare bird: a rare or unique person


rara avis: a rare or unique person


Raskolnikov: a fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel `Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil


Rodya Raskolnikov: a fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel `Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil


rat-catcher: a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin


disinfestation officer: a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin


ratepayer: a person who pays local rates (especially a householder)


raver: a participant in a rave dancing party


raw recruit: an inexperienced and untrained recruit


reactionary: an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism


ultraconservative: an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism


extreme right-winger: an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism


reader: a person who enjoys reading


reader: a person who can read; a literate person


reading teacher: someone who teaches students to read


realist: a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them


realist: a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style


realist: a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly


real estate broker: a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land


real estate agent: a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land


estate agent: a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land


land agent: a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land


house agent: a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land


Realtor: a real estate agent who is a member of the National Association of Realtors


rear admiral: an admiral junior to a vice admiral


reasoner: someone who reasons logically


ratiocinator: someone who reasons logically


rebutter: a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument


disprover: a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument


refuter: a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument


confuter: a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument


receiver: a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass


pass receiver: a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass


pass catcher: a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass


receiver: the tennis player who receives the serve


receptionist: a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors


recidivist: someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior


backslider: someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior


reversionist: someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior


recidivist: someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)


repeater: someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)


habitual criminal: someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)


recitalist: a musician who gives recitals


reciter: someone who recites from memory


record-breaker: someone who breaks a record


record-holder: someone who breaks a record


recorder: a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs


recorder player: someone who plays the recorder


recruit: any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)


enlistee: any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)


recruit: a recently enlisted soldier


military recruit: a recently enlisted soldier


recruiter: an official who enlists personnel for military service


recruiter: someone who supplies members or employees


recruiting-sergeant: a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits


rectifier: a person who corrects or sets right


redact: someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication


redactor: someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication


reviser: someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication


rewriter: someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication


rewrite man: someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication


redcap: a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station


redcap: a member of the military police in Britain


redeemer: someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.)


redhead: someone who has red hair


redheader: someone who has red hair


red-header: someone who has red hair


carrottop: someone who has red hair


redneck: a poor White person in the southern United States


cracker: a poor White person in the southern United States


reeler: a dancer of reels


reenactor: a person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier


referral: a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group


referee: (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play


ref: (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play


referee: an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case


refiner: one whose work is to refine a specific thing


refinisher: a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture


renovator: a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture


restorer: a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture


preserver: a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture


reformer: a disputant who advocates reform


reformist: a disputant who advocates reform


crusader: a disputant who advocates reform


social reformer: a disputant who advocates reform


meliorist: a disputant who advocates reform


Reform Jew: liberal Jew who tries to adapt all aspects of Judaism to modern circumstances


refugee: an exile who flees for safety


regent: someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch


regent: members of a governing board


trustee: members of a governing board


regicide: someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king


registered nurse: a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration


RN: a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration


registrant: a person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register (and who obtains certain rights thereby)


registrar: someone responsible for keeping records


record-keeper: someone responsible for keeping records


recorder: someone responsible for keeping records


registrar: the administrator responsible for student records


registrar: a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company


Regius professor: holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron


regular: a regular patron


habitue: a regular patron


fixture: a regular patron


regular: a dependable follower (especially in party politics)


regular: a soldier in the regular army


regulator: an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest


reincarnation: embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)


reliever: a pitcher who does not start the game


relief pitcher: a pitcher who does not start the game


fireman: a pitcher who does not start the game


reliever: a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies


allayer: a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies


comforter: a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies


religious: a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience


eremite: a Christian recluse


anchorite: one retired from society for religious reasons


hermit: one retired from society for religious reasons


cenobite: a member of a religious order living in common


coenobite: a member of a religious order living in common


religious leader: leader of a religious order


remittance man: an exile living on money sent from home


remover: someone who works for a company that moves furniture


Renaissance man: a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics


Renaissance man: a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests


generalist: a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests


renegade: someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw


rent collector: a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner


renter: an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person


rentier: someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments


repairman: a skilled worker whose job is to repair things


maintenance man: a skilled worker whose job is to repair things


service man: a skilled worker whose job is to repair things


repatriate: a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored


repeater: a person who repeats


reporter: a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories


newsman: a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories


newsperson: a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories


newswoman: a female newsperson


repository: a person to whom a secret is entrusted


secretary: a person to whom a secret is entrusted


representative: a person who represents others


reprobate: a person without moral scruples


miscreant: a person without moral scruples


republican: an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)


Republican: a member of the Republican Party


rescuer: someone who saves something from danger or violence


recoverer: someone who saves something from danger or violence


saver: someone who saves something from danger or violence


research director: a supervisor in a research center


director of research: a supervisor in a research center


research worker: a scientist who devotes himself to doing research


researcher: a scientist who devotes himself to doing research


investigator: a scientist who devotes himself to doing research


reservist: a member of a military reserve


resident: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there


occupant: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there


occupier: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there


resident commissioner: the representative of Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives


respecter: a person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative


respondent: someone who responds


responder: someone who responds


answerer: someone who responds


respondent: the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent


restaurateur: the proprietor of a restaurant


restauranter: the proprietor of a restaurant


rester: a person who rests


restrainer: a person who directs and restrains


controller: a person who directs and restrains


retailer: a merchant who sells goods at retail


retail merchant: a merchant who sells goods at retail


retiree: someone who has retired from active working


retired person: someone who has retired from active working


retreatant: a participant in a religious retreat


returning officer: the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results


reveler: a celebrant who shares in a noisy party


reveller: a celebrant who shares in a noisy party


merrymaker: a celebrant who shares in a noisy party


drunken reveler: someone who engages in drinking bouts


drunken reveller: someone who engages in drinking bouts


bacchanal: someone who engages in drinking bouts


bacchant: someone who engages in drinking bouts


revenant: someone who has returned from the dead


revenant: a person who returns after a lengthy absence


revenuer: a government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging)


reversioner: (law) a party who is entitled to an estate in reversion


reviewer: someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication


referee: someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication


reader: someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication


revisionist: a Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position


revolutionist: a radical supporter of political or social revolution


revolutionary: a radical supporter of political or social revolution


subversive: a radical supporter of political or social revolution


subverter: a radical supporter of political or social revolution


rheumatic: a person suffering with rheumatism


rheumatologist: a physician specializing in rheumatic diseases


Rhodesian man: a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa


Homo rhodesiensis: a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa


Rhodes scholar: a student who holds one of the scholarships endowed by the will of Cecil J. Rhodes that enables the student to study at Oxford University


rhymer: a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)


rhymester: a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)


versifier: a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)


poetizer: a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)


poetiser: a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)


rhythm and blues musician: a performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music


ribald: a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language


Richard Roe: an unknown or fictitious party to legal proceedings


rich person: a person who possesses great material wealth


wealthy person: a person who possesses great material wealth


have: a person who possesses great material wealth


millionaire: a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars


billionaire: a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at more than a billion dollars


multi-billionaire: a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at many billions of dollars


rider: a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)


rider: a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle)


disreputable person: someone lacking public esteem


riding master: someone who teaches horsemanship


Riff: a Berber living in northern Morocco


Riffian: a Berber living in northern Morocco


rifleman: a soldier whose weapon is a rifle


rifleman: someone skilled in the use of a rifle


rigger: someone who rigs ships


rigger: someone who works on an oil rig


oil rigger: someone who works on an oil rig


right-hander: a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left


right hander: a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left


righthander: a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left


right-hand man: the most helpful assistant


chief assistant: the most helpful assistant


man Friday: the most helpful assistant


rightist: a member of a right wing political party


right-winger: a member of a right wing political party


ringer: a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses


ringer: a person who is almost identical to another


dead ringer: a person who is almost identical to another


clone: a person who is almost identical to another


ring girl: a young woman who holds up cards indicating the number of the next round at prize fights


ringleader: a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)


ringmaster: the person in charge of performances in a circus ring


rioter: troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority


ripper: a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife


Rip van Winkle: a person who sleeps a lot


Rip van Winkle: a person oblivious to social changes


riser: a person who rises (especially from bed)


ritualist: a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies


ritualist: an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms


rival: the contestant you hope to defeat


challenger: the contestant you hope to defeat


competitor: the contestant you hope to defeat


competition: the contestant you hope to defeat


contender: the contestant you hope to defeat


riveter: a worker who inserts and hammers rivets


rivetter: a worker who inserts and hammers rivets


road builder: someone whose business is to build roads


road hog: a driver who obstructs others


roadhog: a driver who obstructs others


roadman: a workman who is employed to repair roads


road mender: a workman who is employed to repair roads


roarer: someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice


bawler: someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice


bellower: someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice


screamer: someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice


screecher: someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice


shouter: someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice


yeller: someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice


roaster: a cook who roasts food


roaster: a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment)


robber: a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence


robbery suspect: someone suspected of committing robbery


Robert's Rules of Order: a book of rules for presiding over a meeting; written by Henry M. Martin in 1876 and subsequently updated through many editions


Robin Hood: legendary English outlaw of the 12th century; said to have robbed the rich to help the poor


Robinson Crusoe: the hero of Daniel Defoe's novel about a shipwrecked English sailor who survives on a small tropical island


rock: (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; ; --Gospel According to Matthew


rock climber: a climber of vertical rock faces


cragsman: a climber of vertical rock faces


rocker: a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles


rocker: a performer or composer or fan of rock music


rock 'n' roll musician: a performer or composer or fan of rock music


rocker: an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle


rocket engineer: an engineer who builds and tests rockets


rocket scientist: an engineer who builds and tests rockets


rocket scientist: a clever thinker


rock star: a famous singer of rock music


rogue: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel


knave: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel


rascal: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel


rapscallion: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel


scalawag: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel


scallywag: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel


varlet: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel


roisterer: an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker


rollerblader: a skater who uses Rollerblades


roller-skater: someone who engages in roller skating


Roman Emperor: sovereign of the Roman Empire


Emperor of Rome: sovereign of the Roman Empire


Romanov: a member of the imperial family that ruled Russia


Romanoff: a member of the imperial family that ruled Russia


romantic: a soulful or amorous idealist


romanticist: an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism


romantic: an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism


Romeo: an ardent male lover


romper: a person who romps or frolics


roofer: a craftsman who lays or repairs roofs


room clerk: a hotel clerk who is responsible for room assignments to guests


roommate: an associate who shares a room with you


roomie: an associate who shares a room with you


roomy: an associate who shares a room with you


ropemaker: a craftsman who makes ropes


rope-maker: a craftsman who makes ropes


roper: a craftsman who makes ropes


roper: a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses


roper: a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)


ropewalker: an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground


ropedancer: an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground


rosebud: (a literary reference to) a pretty young girl


Rosicrucian: a member of a secret 17th-century society of philosophers and scholars versed in mystical and metaphysical and alchemical lore


Rosicrucian: a member of any of various organizations that subsequently derived from the 17th-century society


Rotarian: a member of a Rotary Club


rotter: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible


dirty dog: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible


rat: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible


skunk: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible


stinker: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible


stinkpot: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible


bum: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible


puke: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible


crumb: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible


lowlife: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible


scum bag: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible


so-and-so: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible


git: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible


Mountie: colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Rough Rider: a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898)


roughrider: a horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle


Roundhead: a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War


roundhead: a brachycephalic person


roundsman: a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)


router: a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery


rover: an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement


scouter: an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement


rubberneck: a person who stares inquisitively


rubbernecker: a person who stares inquisitively


ruler: a person who rules or commands


swayer: a person who rules or commands


civil authority: a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs


civil officer: a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs


dynast: a hereditary ruler


rug merchant: a merchant who sells rugs


Rumpelstiltskin: a dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself


Shylock: a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare


rumrunner: someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border


runner: a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents


runner: someone who travels on foot by running


runner: a trained athlete who competes in foot races


runner-up: the competitor who finishes second


second best: the competitor who finishes second


running back: (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage


running mate: a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices


runt: disparaging terms for small people


shrimp: disparaging terms for small people


peewee: disparaging terms for small people


half-pint: disparaging terms for small people


ruralist: an advocate of rural living


rusher: a person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously


rusher: someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory


rusher: (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball


rustic: an unsophisticated country person


rustler: someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)


cattle thief: someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)


Sabbatarian: one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)


saboteur: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks


wrecker: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks


diversionist: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks


sachem: a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)


sagamore: a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)


sachem: a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall)


sacred cow: a person unreasonably held to be immune to criticism


sacrificer: a religious person who offers up a sacrifice


saddler: a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses


Sadducee: a member of an ancient Jewish sect around the time of Jesus; opposed to the Pharisees


sadhu: (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man


saddhu: (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man


sadist: someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others


sadomasochist: someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism


safebreaker: a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents


safecracker: a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents


cracksman: a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents


sage: a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom


sailing master: the ship's officer in charge of navigation


navigator: the ship's officer in charge of navigation


sailmaker: a maker of sails


sailor: any member of a ship's crew


crewman: any member of a ship's crew


saint: person of exceptional holiness


holy man: person of exceptional holiness


holy person: person of exceptional holiness


angel: person of exceptional holiness


saint: a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization


salesclerk: a salesperson in a store


shop clerk: a salesperson in a store


clerk: a salesperson in a store


shop assistant: a salesperson in a store


salesgirl: a woman salesperson


saleswoman: a woman salesperson


saleslady: a woman salesperson


salesman: a man salesperson


salesperson: a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)


sales representative: a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)


sales rep: a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)


saloon keeper: the proprietor of a saloon


salter: someone who makes or deals in salt


salt merchant: someone who makes or deals in salt


salter: someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods


salutatorian: a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises


salutatory speaker: a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises


salvager: someone who salvages


salvor: someone who salvages


Samaritan: a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times


samurai: a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy


sandbagger: someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you


sandboy: a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in `happy as a sandboy'


sandwichman: a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders


sangoma: a traditional Zulu healer and respected elder


sannup: a married male American Indian


sannyasi: a Hindu religious mendicant


sannyasin: a Hindu religious mendicant


sanyasi: a Hindu religious mendicant


Santa Claus: the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas


Santa: the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas


Kriss Kringle: the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas


Father Christmas: the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas


Saint Nicholas: the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas


Saint Nick: the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas


St. Nick: the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas


Tristan: (Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other


Tristram: (Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other


Iseult: (Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other


Isolde: (Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other


sapper: a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications)


sapper: a military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines


Saracen: (historically) a Muslim who opposed the Crusades


Saracen: (historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire


Saracen: (when used broadly) any Arab


Sardinian: a native or inhabitant of Sardinia


Sassenach: the Scots' term for an English person


Satanist: an adherent of Satan or Satanism


diabolist: an adherent of Satan or Satanism


satellite: a person who follows or serves another


planet: a person who follows or serves another


satirist: a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm


ironist: a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm


ridiculer: a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm


satyr: man with strong sexual desires


lecher: man with strong sexual desires


lech: man with strong sexual desires


letch: man with strong sexual desires


satrap: a governor of a province in ancient Persia


saunterer: someone who walks at a leisurely pace


stroller: someone who walks at a leisurely pace


ambler: someone who walks at a leisurely pace


savage: a member of an uncivilized people


barbarian: a member of an uncivilized people


saver: someone who saves (especially money)


savior: a person who rescues you from harm or danger


saviour: a person who rescues you from harm or danger


rescuer: a person who rescues you from harm or danger


deliverer: a person who rescues you from harm or danger


Savoyard: a person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan


sawyer: one who is employed to saw wood


saxophonist: a musician who plays the saxophone


saxist: a musician who plays the saxophone


scab: someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike


strikebreaker: someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike


blackleg: someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike


rat: someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike


scalawag: a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)


scallywag: a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)


scalper: someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost


scandalmonger: a person who spreads malicious gossip


scanner: someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables


scapegoat: someone who is punished for the errors of others


whipping boy: someone who is punished for the errors of others


scapegrace: a reckless and unprincipled reprobate


black sheep: a reckless and unprincipled reprobate


Scaramouch: a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward


Scaramouche: a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward


scaremonger: a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble


stirrer: a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble


scatterbrain: a flighty and disorganized person


forgetful person: a flighty and disorganized person


scenarist: a writer of screenplays


scene painter: a painter of theatrical scenery


sceneshifter: a stagehand responsible for moving scenery


shifter: a stagehand responsible for moving scenery


scene-stealer: an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene


scenic artist: an artist specializing in scenic subjects


scene painter: an artist specializing in scenic subjects


schemer: a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action


plotter: a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action


schizophrenic: someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia


schlemiel: (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler


shlemiel: (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler


schlepper: (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person


shlepper: (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person


schlep: (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person


shlep: (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person


schlimazel: (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything


shlimazel: (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything


schlockmeister: (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise


shlockmeister: (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise


schmuck: (Yiddish) a jerk


shmuck: (Yiddish) a jerk


schmo: (Yiddish) a jerk


shmo: (Yiddish) a jerk


schnook: (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised


shnook: (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised


schnorrer: (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others


shnorrer: (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others


scholar: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines


scholarly person: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines


bookman: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines


student: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines


scholar: a student who holds a scholarship


Scholastic: a Scholastic philosopher or theologian


scholiast: a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)


schoolboy: a boy attending school


schoolchild: a young person attending school (up through senior high school)


school-age child: a young person attending school (up through senior high school)


pupil: a young person attending school (up through senior high school)


schoolfriend: a friend who attends the same school


schoolgirl: a girl attending school


Schoolman: a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism


medieval Schoolman: a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism


schoolmarm: a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)


schoolma'am: a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)


schoolmistress: a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)


mistress: a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)


schoolmaster: any person (or institution) who acts as an educator


schoolmate: an acquaintance that you go to school with


classmate: an acquaintance that you go to school with


schoolfellow: an acquaintance that you go to school with


class fellow: an acquaintance that you go to school with


school superintendent: the superintendent of a school system


schoolteacher: a teacher in a school below the college level


school teacher: a teacher in a school below the college level


science teacher: someone who teaches science


scientist: a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences


scion: a descendent or heir


scoffer: someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision


flouter: someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision


mocker: someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision


jeerer: someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision


scoffer: someone who eats food rapidly and greedily


gorger: someone who eats food rapidly and greedily


scofflaw: one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses


scold: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault


scolder: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault


nag: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault


nagger: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault


common scold: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault


scorekeeper: an official who records the score during the progress of a game


scorer: an official who records the score during the progress of a game


scorer: a logger who marks trees to be felled


scorer: a player who makes a score in a game or contest


scourer: someone who travels widely and energetically


scourer: someone who cleanses by scouring


scout: someone who can find paths through unexplored territory


pathfinder: someone who can find paths through unexplored territory


guide: someone who can find paths through unexplored territory


scout: someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)


talent scout: someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)


Scout: a Boy Scout or Girl Scout


scoutmaster: the leader of a troop of Scouts


scrambler: a rapid mover; someone who scrambles


scratch: a competitor who has withdrawn from competition


scratcher: a person who scratches to relieve an itch


scratcher: a workman who uses a tool for scratching


scrawler: a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read


scribbler: a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read


screen actor: an actor who plays a role in a film


movie actor: an actor who plays a role in a film


screener: a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint


screenwriter: someone who writes screenplays


film writer: someone who writes screenplays


screwballer: (baseball) a pitcher who throws screwballs


scribe: informal terms for journalists


scribbler: informal terms for journalists


penman: informal terms for journalists


scrimshanker: a shirker


scriptwriter: someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas


scrubber: a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck)


scrub nurse: a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery


scrutinizer: a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care


scrutiniser: a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care


scrutineer: someone who examines votes at an election


canvasser: someone who examines votes at an election


scuba diver: an underwater diver who uses scuba gear


sculler: someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward)


scullion: a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)


sculptor: an artist who creates sculptures


sculpturer: an artist who creates sculptures


carver: an artist who creates sculptures


statue maker: an artist who creates sculptures


sculptress: a woman sculptor


Scythian: a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia


sea king: a Viking pirate chief


sea lawyer: an argumentative and contentious seaman


sealer: an official who affixes a seal to a document


searcher: a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items


Sea Scout: a Boy Scout enrolled in programs for water activities


seasonal worker: a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons


seasonal: a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons


seasoner: a cook who uses seasonings


secessionist: an advocate of secessionism


second: the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match


second baseman: (baseball) the person who plays second base


second sacker: (baseball) the person who plays second base


second cousin: a child of a first cousin


seconder: someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote


second fiddle: someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role


second banana: someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role


second hand: an intermediate person; used in the phrase `at second hand'


second-in-command: someone who relieves a commander


second lieutenant: a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps holding the lowest rank


2nd lieutenant: a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps holding the lowest rank


second-rater: a person of second-rate ability or value


mediocrity: a person of second-rate ability or value


secret agent: a person secretly employed in espionage for a government


intelligence officer: a person secretly employed in espionage for a government


intelligence agent: a person secretly employed in espionage for a government


operative: a person secretly employed in espionage for a government


secretary: an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization


secretarial assistant: an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization


secretary: a person who is head of an administrative department of government


Attorney General: the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department


United States Attorney General: the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department


US Attorney General: the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department


Secretary of Agriculture: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Agriculture


Agriculture Secretary: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Agriculture


Secretary of Commerce: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Commerce


Commerce Secretary: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Commerce


Secretary of Defense: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Defense Department


Defense Secretary: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Defense Department


Secretary of Education: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education


Education Secretary: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education


Secretary of Energy: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Energy


Energy Secretary: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Energy


Secretary of Health and Human Services: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Health and Human Services


Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Housing and Urban Development


Secretary of Labor: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Labor


Labor Secretary: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Labor


Secretary of State: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of State


Secretary of the Interior: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior Department


Interior Secretary: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior Department


Secretary of the Treasury: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Treasury Department


Treasury Secretary: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Treasury Department


Secretary of Transportation: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Transportation


Transportation Secretary: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Transportation


Secretary of Veterans Affairs: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Veterans Affairs


Secretary General: a person who is a chief administrator (as of the United Nations)


sectarian: a member of a sect


sectary: a member of a sect


sectarist: a member of a sect


Section Eight: a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service


section hand: a laborer assigned to a section gang


section man: someone who teaches a section of a large college course


secularist: an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education


secundigravida: a woman who is pregnant for the second time


gravida II: a woman who is pregnant for the second time


security consultant: an adviser about alarm systems to prevent burglaries


security director: head of a private security force working for a business or industry


seducer: a man who takes advantage of women


ladies' man: a man who takes advantage of women


lady killer: a man who takes advantage of women


seducer: a bad person who entices others into error or wrongdoing


seductress: a woman who seduces


seeded player: one of the outstanding players in a tournament


seed: one of the outstanding players in a tournament


seeder: a person who seeds clouds


cloud seeder: a person who seeds clouds


seedsman: a dealer in seeds


seedman: a dealer in seeds


seeker: someone making a search or inquiry


searcher: someone making a search or inquiry


quester: someone making a search or inquiry


seer: an observer who perceives visually


segregate: someone who is or has been segregated


segregator: someone who believes the races should be kept apart


segregationist: someone who believes the races should be kept apart


seismologist: a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth


selectman: an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns


selectwoman: an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns


selfish person: a person who is unusually selfish


self-starter: an energetic person with unusual initiative


seller: someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money


marketer: someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money


vender: someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money


vendor: someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money


trafficker: someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money


selling agent: someone who sells goods (on commission) for others


semanticist: a specialist in the study of meaning


semiotician: a specialist in the study of meaning


semifinalist: one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination


seminarian: a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary)


seminarist: a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary)


semiprofessional: an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis


semipro: an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis


senator: a member of a senate


sendee: the intended recipient of a message


sender: someone who transmits a message


transmitter: someone who transmits a message


Senhor: a Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English `Mr'


senior: an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation


senior chief petty officer: a senior noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army


SCPO: a senior noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army


senior master sergeant: a senior noncommissioned officer in the Air Force with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army


SMSgt: a senior noncommissioned officer in the Air Force with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army


senior vice president: the ranking vice president in a firm that has more than one


sentimentalist: someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality


romanticist: someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality


sensationalist: someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention


ballyhoo artist: someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention


separatist: an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)


separationist: an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)


Sephardi: a Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent


Sephardic Jew: a Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent


septuagenarian: someone whose age is in the seventies


serf: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord


helot: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord


villein: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord


sergeant: any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal


sergeant at arms: an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands


serjeant-at-arms: an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands


sergeant major: a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army


command sergeant major: a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army


serial killer: someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval


serial murderer: someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval


spree killer: a serial killer whose murders occur within a brief period of time


sericulturist: a producer of raw silk


serjeant-at-law: an English barrister of the highest rank


serjeant: an English barrister of the highest rank


sergeant-at-law: an English barrister of the highest rank


sergeant: an English barrister of the highest rank


serologist: a medical scientist who specializes in serology


servant: a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)


retainer: a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)


servant girl: a girl who is a servant


serving girl: a girl who is a servant


server: (court games) the player who serves to start a point


serviceman: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force


military man: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force


man: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force


military personnel: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force


servitor: someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else


settler: a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country


colonist: a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country


settler: a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings


settler: a negotiator who settles disputes


settlor: (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee


trustor: (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee


sewer: someone who sews


sewing-machine operator: someone who sews by operating a sewing machine


sexagenarian: someone whose age is in the sixties


sex kitten: a young woman who is thought to have sex appeal