Nouns denoting people

whiffer

a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike

 

nationalist leader

the leader of a nationalist movement

 

plater

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

 

Tongan

a Polynesian native or inhabitant of Tonga

 

Paul Ehrlich

German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915)

 

general agent

an agent who sells insurance

 

Argus

(Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes

 

flash in the pan

someone who enjoys transient success but then fails

 

Latter-Day Saint

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

 

Kathryn Elizabeth Smith

United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986)

 

John Locke

English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)

 

decipherer

the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text

 

Oscar Hammerstein II

United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers) (1895-1960)

 

rocker

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

 

eschatologist

a theologian who specializes in eschatology

 

Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko

Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989)

 

Shah Jahan

Mogul emperor of India during whose reign the finest monuments of Mogul architecture were built (including the Taj Mahal at Agra) (1592-1666)

 

vintner

someone who makes wine

 

townsman

a person from the same town as yourself

 

prefect

a chief officer or chief magistrate