Nouns denoting people

Central American

a native or inhabitant of Central America

 

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

 

root

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

 

apache

a Parisian gangster

 

Cynewulf

Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century)

 

spacewalker

an astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer space

 

Faunus

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

 

toxicologist

one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment

 

claimant

someone who claims a benefit or right or title

 

William Seward Burroughs

United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898)

 

stunner

a very attractive or seductive looking woman

 

Count Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian playwright (1862-1949)

 

Hermann Maurice Saxe

a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)

 

Titus Oates

English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)

 

motorcycle cop

a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists)

 

Vaclav Havel

Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936)

 

touch-typist

a skilled typist who can type a document without looking at the keyboard

 

rubbernecker

a person who stares inquisitively

 

Issachar

(Old Testament) a son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel

 

administrator

the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor