Occupations and Workers

city father

an important municipal official

 

airplane mechanics

the craft of building and repairing airplanes

 

cabinet minister

the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet

 

strikebreaker

someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

 

joinery

the craft of a joiner

 

Comptroller General

a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government

 

embalmer

a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives

 

gilder

someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt

 

engineering

the practical application of technical and scientific knowledge to commerce or industry

 

lobsterman

a person whose occupation is catching lobsters

 

woman

a human female employed to do housework

 

Legionnaire

a member of the American Legion

 

George Frost Kennan

United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005)

 

flunky

a male servant (especially a footman)

 

lockmaster

a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)

 

section hand

a laborer assigned to a section gang

 

sourdough

a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)

 

group captain

a commissioned officer (especially one in the Royal Air Force) equivalent in rank to a colonel in the army

 

trouble shooter

a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices)

 

girl Friday

a female assistant who has a range of duties