Nouns denoting people
- shill
- a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others
- Alexandrian
- a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt)
- Wen Ch'ang
- Chinese god of literature
- Henry Fielding
- English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754)
- snowboarder
- someone who slides down snow-covered slopes while standing on a snowboard
- bear
- an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
- right fielder
- the person who plays right field
- foster-father
- a man who is a foster parent
- civilian
- a nonmilitary citizen
- Gaius Cassius Longinus
- prime mover in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar (died in 42 BC)
- Maximilien Paul Emile Littre
- French lexicographer (1801-1881)
- Saint Edward the Martyr
- King of England who was a son of Edgar; he was challenged for the throne by supporters of his half-brother Ethelred II who eventually murdered him (963-978)
- James Bowie
- United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836)
- tzar
- a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
- Jacobite
- a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
- ballerina
- a female ballet dancer
- bursar
- the treasurer at a college or university
- English professor
- someone who teaches English
- congregant
- a member of a congregation (especially that of a church or synagogue)
- Christopher Columbus
- Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
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