Nouns denoting people

Erwin Schrodinger

Austrian physicist who discovered the wave equation (1887-1961)

 

Nobel Laureate

winner of a Nobel prize

 

pussycat

a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable

 

ambusher

an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack

 

Lev Davidovich Landau

Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968)

 

Liechtensteiner

a native or inhabitant of Liechtenstein

 

old boy

a vivacious elderly man

 

nursemaid

a woman who is the custodian of children

 

Ushas

Hindu goddess of dawn; daughter of the sky and sister of the night

 

groundskeeper

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

 

Alsatian

a native or inhabitant of Alsace

 

cold fish

an aloof unemotional person

 

Arthur Robert Ashe

United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993)

 

matinee idol

someone who is adored blindly and excessively

 

dog

a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman

 

Eugene Curran Kelly

United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996)

 

filibuster

a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes

 

father

a person who founds or establishes some institution

 

Mauritanian

a native or inhabitant of Mauritania

 

drug baron

a person who controls an organization dealing in illegal drugs