Nouns denoting people

namby-pamby
an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental
 
Charles Augustin de Coulomb
French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806)
 
earth god
a god of fertility and vegetation
 
Khirghiz
a member of a people vast regions of central Siberia
 
flapper
a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress
 
wife
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
 
Ubermensch
a person with great powers and abilities
 
Victor-Marie Hugo
French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)
 
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
 
test pilot
a pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them
 
make-peace
someone who tries to bring peace
 
gunsmith
someone who makes or repairs guns
 
President Andrew Johnson
17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875)
 
social lion
a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after)
 
Priapus
(classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards
 
Arthur Schopenhauer
German pessimist philosopher (1788-1860)
 
attorney general
the chief law officer of a country or state
 
violist
a musician who plays the viola
 
analogist
someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy
 
valuer
someone who assesses the monetary worth of possessions
 
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