Nouns denoting people

Jasper Johns

United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930)

 

homeless person

someone unfortunate without housing

 

striker

an employee on strike against an employer

 

gangsta

(Black English) a member of a youth gang

 

flanker

a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver

 

middleweight

a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds

 

numen

a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion)

 

auspex

(ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy

 

Clyde William Tombaugh

United States astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto (1906-1997)

 

New Yorker

a native or resident of New York (especially of New York City)

 

Bishop Berkeley

Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)

 

Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson

Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958)

 

Jean Piaget

Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980)

 

Sojourner Truth

United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)

 

innovator

someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

 

aeon

(Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe

 

professional

a person engaged in one of the learned professions

 

gamine

a girl of impish appeal

 

margrave

a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)

 

Joseph

(Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt