Who?
- 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
- English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1867-1947)
- 1st lieutenant
- a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain
- 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
- English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976)
- 2nd lieutenant
- a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps holding the lowest rank
- A. Noam Chomsky
- United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928)
- Aaron
- (Old Testament) elder brother of Moses and first high priest of the Israelites; created the golden calf
- Aaron Burr
- United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836)
- Aaron Copland
- United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990)
- Aaron Montgomery Ward
- United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
- abandoned infant
- a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown
- abandoned person
- someone for whom hope has been abandoned
- abator
- a person who abates a nuisance
- abbe
- a French abbot
- abbess
- the superior of a group of nuns
- abbot
- the superior of an abbey of monks
- Abbott Lawrence Lowell
- United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943)
- abbreviator
- one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work
- abdicator
- one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility
- abductor
- someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
- abecedarian
- a novice learning the rudiments of some subject
- Abel
- (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by Cain
- Abel Janszoon Tasman
- Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659)
- Abenaki
- a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec
- aberrant
- one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
- abetter
- one who helps or encourages or incites another
- abhorrer
- a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred
- abiogenist
- a believer in abiogenesis
- abjurer
- a person who abjures
- Abkhasian
- a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea
- able seaman
- a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills
- abnegator
- one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something
- abolitionist
- a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
- abomination
- a person who is loathsome or disgusting
- abominator
- one who hates or loathes
- aboriginal
- an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
- abortionist
- a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies
- Abraham Stoker
- Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912)
- abrogator
- an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal
- absconder
- a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution
- abseiler
- a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point
- absentee
- one that is absent or not in residence
- absolutist
- one who advocates absolutism
- absolver
- someone who grants absolution
- abstainer
- a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
- abstainer
- someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
- abstract artist
- a painter of abstract pictures
- abstracter
- one who makes abstracts or summarizes information
- Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina
- Persian physician and influential philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037)
- Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd
- Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198)
- abuser
- someone who abuses
- abutter
- the owner of contiguous property
- Aby Moritz Warburg
- German art historian (1866-1929)
- academic administrator
- an administrator in a college or university
- academic
- an educator who works at a college or university
- academician
- someone elected to honorary membership in an academy
- academician
- a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
- Acadian
- an early French settler in the Maritimes
- acceptor
- the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures
- accessary
- someone who helps another person commit a crime
- accessory after the fact
- a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony
- accessory before the fact
- a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration
- accessory during the fact
- a person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it
- accommodation endorser
- a person who endorses a promissory note without compensation or benefit but simply as a favor to the borrower
- accommodator
- someone who performs a service or does a favor
- accompanist
- a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano)
- accomplice
- a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
- accordionist
- a musician who plays the accordion
- accoucheur
- a physician specializing in obstetrics
- accoucheuse
- a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
- account executive
- someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business
- accountant
- someone who maintains and audits business accounts
- accumulator
- a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
- accused
- a defendant in a criminal proceeding
- accuser
- someone who imputes guilt or blame
- ace
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- Achaian
- a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
- achiever
- a person with a record of successes
- Achmad Sukarno
- Indonesian statesman who obtained the independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands in 1949 and served as president until ousted by Suharto in a coup d'etat (1901-1970)
- Achomawi
- a member of the Achomawi community of northeastern California
- acolyte
- someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
- acoustician
- a physicist who specializes in acoustics
- acquaintance
- a person with whom you are acquainted
- acquirer
- a person who acquires something (usually permanently)
- acrobat
- an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
- action officer
- the case officer designated to perform an act during a clandestine operation (especially in a hostile area)
- active
- a person who is a participating member of an organization
- active citizen
- a citizen who takes an active role in the community (as in crime prevention and neighborhood watch)
- activist
- a militant reformer
- actor's agent
- a business agent for an actor
- actor's assistant
- a wardrobe assistant for an actor
- actor
- a person who acts and gets things done
- actor
- a theatrical performer
- actress
- a female actor
- actuary
- someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)
- Adam
- (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race
- Adam Smith
- Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)
- adapter
- a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- adder
- a person who adds numbers
- addict
- someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
- addlehead
- a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought
- addressee
- one to whom something is addressed
- adducer
- a discussant who offers an example or a reason or a proof
- Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf
- English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941)
- adherent
- someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
- adjudicator
- a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes
- adjunct
- a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
- adjuster
- one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement
- adjutant general
- a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer
- adjutant
- an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson
- United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968)
- adman
- someone whose business is advertising
- administrative official
- an official of a bureaucracy
- administrator
- the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
- administrator
- someone who administers a business
- administrator
- someone who manages a government agency or department
- Admiral Dewey
- a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War
- admiral
- the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
- admirer
- a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves
- admirer
- someone who admires a young woman
- admirer
- a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
- admonisher
- someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
- adolescent
- a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
- Adolf Hitler
- German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
- Adolf Loos
- Austrian architect (1870-1933)
- Adolf Windaus
- German chemist who studied steroids and cholesterol and discovered histamine (1876-1959)
- Adolph Simon Ochs
- United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935)
- Adolphe Sax
- a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
- adonis
- any handsome young man
- adoptee
- someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
- adopter
- a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
- adulator
- a person who uses flattery
- adult female
- an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
- adult male
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- adult
- a fully developed person from maturity onward
- adulterator
- a changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance
- adulterer
- someone who commits adultery or fornication
- adulteress
- a woman adulterer
- advancer
- someone who advances
- adventurer
- someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
- adventurer
- a person who enjoys taking risks
- adventuress
- a woman adventurer
- adversary
- someone who offers opposition
- adverse witness
- a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party
- advisee
- someone who receives advice
- adviser
- an expert who gives advice
- advocate
- a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
- advocate
- a lawyer who pleads cases in court
- Aelius Donatus
- Roman grammarian whose textbook on Latin grammar was used throughout the Middle Ages (fourth century)
- Aeolian
- a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
- aerialist
- an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze)
- aeronaut
- someone who operates an aircraft
- aeronautical engineer
- an engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraft
- aerophile
- a lover of aviation
- aerospace engineer
- an engineer of aircraft and space vehicles
- Aeschylus
- Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic drama (525-456 BC)
- Aesop
- Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC)
- aesthete
- one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature
- aesthetician
- a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty
- aesthetician
- a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.)
- aetiologist
- a specialist in the etiology of diseases
- affiant
- a person who makes an affidavit
- affiliate
- a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
- affine
- (anthropology) kin by marriage
- affirmer
- someone who claims to speak the truth
- affluent
- an affluent person; a person who is financially well off
- Afghanistani
- a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan
- aficionado
- a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer
- aficionado
- a fan of bull fighting
- African
- a native or inhabitant of Africa
- African-American
- a person with African ancestry,
- Afrikander
- a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans
- agent
- a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
- agent provocateur
- a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
- agent
- a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
- agent
- any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
- agent-in-place
- an operative serving as a penetration into an intelligence target
- aggravator
- an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
- aggregator
- a person who collects things
- aggressor
- a confident assertive person who acts as instigator
- aggressor
- someone who attacks
- agitator
- one who agitates; a political troublemaker
- agnate
- one related on the father's side
- Agnes George de Mille
- United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993)
- Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
- Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
- agnostic
- a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)
- agnostic
- someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
- agonist
- someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)
- agony aunt
- a newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in
- agricultural agent
- an advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics
- agricultural laborer
- a person who tills the soil for a living
- agriculturalist
- someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- Agrippina the Elder
- granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger (14 BC - AD 33)
- Agrippina the Younger
- wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero
- agronomist
- an expert in soil management and field-crop production
- Ahab
- according to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC)
- Ahmad Shah Masoud
- Afghan leader of forces opposed to the Taliban; won fame by successfully resisting the Soviets in the 1980s; was assassinated by men posing as journalists (1953-2001)
- Ahmed Salman Rushdie
- British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947)
- Ahmed Zoki Yamani
- Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930)
- aide
- someone who acts as assistant
- Aimee Semple McPherson
- United States evangelist (born in Canada) noted for her extravagant religious services (1890-1944)
- air attache
- a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in an air force
- air force officer
- an officer in the airforce
- air hostess
- a woman steward on an airplane
- air marshal
- a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight
- air traveler
- someone who travels by airplane
- aircraftman
- a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force
- aircrewman
- a member of an aircrew
- airhead
- a flighty scatterbrained simpleton
- airplane pilot
- someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
- airwoman
- a woman aviator
- Akira Kurosawa
- Japanese filmmaker noted for blending Japanese folklore with western styles of acting (1910-1998)
- Akwa'ala
- a member of the Akwa'ala community in Baja California
- Al Hirschfeld
- United States artist noted for his line-drawn caricatures (1904-2003)
- Al-hakim
- an Ismaili caliph of Egypt who declared himself an incarnation of God and founded the Druze religious sect (985-1021)
- Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham
- an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040)
- Alabama
- a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama
- Alabamian
- a native or resident of Alabama
- Alan Alexander Milne
- English writer of stories for children (1882-1956)
- Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.
- astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998)
- Alan Jay Lerner
- United States lyricist who collaborated on musicals with Frederick Loewe (1918-1986)
- Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
- English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)
- Alan Mathison Turing
- English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954)
- Alan Seeger
- United States poet killed in World War I (1888-1916)
- Alan Stewart Paton
- South African writer (1903-1988)
- Alaric
- king of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410)
- alarmist
- a person who alarms others needlessly
- Alaskan
- a native or resident of Alaska
- Alaskan Native
- a member or descendant of any of the aboriginal peoples of Alaska
- Alban Berg
- Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935)
- Albanian
- a native or inhabitant of Albania
- Alben William Barkley
- United States politician and lawyer; vice president of the United States (1877-1956)
- Albert Abraham Michelson
- United States physicist (born in Germany) who collaborated with Morley in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1852-1931)
- Albert Bruce Sabin
- United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906)
- Albert Camus
- French writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960)
- Albert Edward
- King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910)
- Albert Einstein
- physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955)
- Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel
- prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
- Albert Gore Jr.
- Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
- Albert Schweitzer
- French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)
- Albert Speer
- German Nazi architect who worked for Hitler (1905-1981)
- Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi
- United States biochemist (born in Hungary) who was the first to isolate vitamin C (1893-1986)
- Alberto Giacometti
- Swiss sculptor and painter known for his bronze sculptures of elongated figures (1901-1966)
- albino
- a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink
- Albino Luciano
- the first Pope to assume a double name; he reigned for only 34 days (1912-1978)
- Albrecht Durer
- a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528)
- Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein
- Austrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634)
- Alcaeus
- Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; reputed inventor of Alcaic verse (611-580 BC)
- alcalde
- a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town
- alchemist
- one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone
- Alcibiades
- ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)
- alcoholic
- a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- alderman
- a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
- Aldous Leonard Huxley
- English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)
- ale drinker
- someone whose favorite drink is beer or ale
- Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok
- Russian poet (1880-1921)
- Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerensky
- Russian revolutionary who was head of state after Nicholas II abdicated but was overthrown by the Bolsheviks (1881-1970)
- Aleksandr Mikjailovich Prokhorov
- Russian physicist whose research into ways of moving electrons around atoms led to the development of masers and lasers for producing high-intensity radiation (1916-2002)
- Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin
- Russian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915)
- Aleksandr Pavlovich
- the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825)
- Aleksandr Porfirevich Borodin
- Russian composer (1833-1887)
- Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
- Russian poet (1799-1837)
- Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov
- Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts
- Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi
- Italian painter of mythological and religious paintings (1444-1510)
- Alessandro Farnese
- Italian pope from 1534 to 1549 who excommunicated Henry VIII of England in 1538 and initiated the Council of Trent in 1545; was active in the Counter Reformation and promoted the Society of Jesus for this purpose (1468-1549)
- Alessandro Manzoni
- Italian novelist and poet (1785-1873)
- Aletta Jacobs
- Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)
- Aleutian
- a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
- Alex Haley
- United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992)
- Alexander Calder
- United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)
- Alexander Graham Bell
- United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
- Alexander Hamilton
- United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804)
- Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
- Soviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918)
- Alexander Melville Bell
- a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
- Alexander Pope
- English poet and satirist (1688-1744)
- Alexander Selcraig
- Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)
- Alexander the Great
- king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)
- Alexander the Liberator
- the son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881)
- Alexander Wilson
- Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)
- Alexander Woollcott
- United States drama critic and journalist (1887-1943)
- Alexandre Dumas
- French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870)
- Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin
- French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943)
- Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
- French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923)
- Alexandrian
- a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt)
- alexic
- a person with alexia
- Alexis Carrel
- French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)
- Alexis Charles Henri Maurice de Tocqueville
- French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859)
- Alfonso Borgia
- Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458)
- Alfred Alistair Cooke
- United States journalist (born in England in 1908)
- Alfred Bernhard Nobel
- Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896)
- Alfred Binet
- French psychologist remembered for his studies of the intellectual development of children (1857-1911)
- Alfred Charles Kinsey
- United States zoologist best known for his interview studies of sexual behavior (1894-1956)
- Alfred Charles William Harmsworth
- British newspaper publisher (1865-1922)
- Alfred Damon Runyon
- United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946)
- Alfred Dreyfus
- French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)
- Alfred Edward Housman
- English poet (1859-1936)
- Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
- English writer (1865-1948)
- Alfred Eisenstaedt
- United States photographer (born in Germany) whose unposed documentary photographs created photojournalism (born in 1898)
- Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski
- United States semanticist (born in Poland) (1879-1950)
- Alfred Hawthorne
- risque English comedian (1925-1992)
- Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
- English film director noted for his skill in creating suspense (1899-1980)
- Alfred Kastler
- French physicist (1902-1984)
- Alfred Krupp
- German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp; his firm provided ordnance for German armies from the 1840s through World War II (1812-1887)
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
- Alfred Lothar Wegener
- German geophysicist who proposed the theory of continental drift (1880-1930)
- Alfred Louis Kroeber
- United States anthropologist noted for his studies of culture (1876-1960)
- Alfred Lunt
- United States actor who performed with his wife Lynn Fontanne in many stage productions (1893-1977)
- Alfred North Whitehead
- English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)
- Alfred Noyes
- English poet (1880-1958)
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913)
- Alfred Stieglitz
- United States photographer (1864-1946)
- Alfred Thayer Mahan
- United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914)
- Alfred the Great
- king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
- algebraist
- a mathematician whose specialty is algebra
- Algerian
- a native or inhabitant of Algeria
- Algernon Charles Swinburne
- English poet (1837-1909)
- Algonkian
- a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec
- Algonquian
- a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
- Ali
- the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites; he was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad; after his assassination Islam was divided into Shiite and Sunnite sects
- Ali Baba
- the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment
- Alice B. Toklas
- United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967)
- Alice Hamilton
- United States toxicologist known for her work on industrial poisons (1869-1970)
- Alice Malsenior Walker
- United States writer (born in 1944)
- Alice Paul
- United States feminist (1885-1977)
- Alice-Josephine Pons
- United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976)
- Alicia Alonso
- Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921)
- alien absconder
- a fugitive remaining in the United States after an immigration judge has ordered them deported
- alien
- a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- alien
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
- alienator
- an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile
- alienee
- someone to whom the title of property is transferred
- alienist
- a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness
- alienor
- someone from whom the title of property is transferred
- aliterate
- a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources
- all arounder
- a versatile person who is expert at many things
- Alla Nazimova
- United States actress (born in Russia) (1879-1945)
- allayer
- a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
- allegoriser
- someone who communicates in allegories
- Allen Ginsberg
- United States poet of the beat generation (1926-1997)
- Allen Stewart Konigsberg
- United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-)
- allergist
- a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies
- alleviator
- a therapist who makes suffering more endurable
- alliterator
- a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration
- allocator
- a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
- ally
- an associate who provides cooperation or assistance
- almoner
- an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients
- Almoravid
- a member of a Muslim dynasty of Berber warriors that flourished from 1049 to 1145 and that established political dominance over northwestern Africa and Spain
- almsgiver
- a person who gives alms
- Aloys Senefelder
- German printer who invented lithography (1771-1834)
- alphabetiser
- a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order
- Alphonse Bertillon
- French criminologist (1853-1914)
- Alphonse Capone
- United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947)
- alpinist
- a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs
- Alsatian
- a native or inhabitant of Alsace
- also-ran
- a contestant who loses the contest
- Altaic
- any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group
- altar boy
- a boy serving as an acolyte
- alter ego
- a very close and trusted friend who seems almost a part of yourself
- alternate
- someone who takes the place of another person
- Althea Gibson
- United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003)
- alto
- a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
- alto saxophonist
- a musician who plays the alto saxophone
- Alton Glenn Miller
- United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
- altruist
- someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
- alum
- a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
- Alvin Ailey
- United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931)
- amah
- a female domestic
- amah
- a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
- amalgamator
- a businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more commercial companies
- Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin
- French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)
- amanuensis
- someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
- amateur
- someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
- amateur
- an athlete who does not play for pay
- amazon
- a large strong and aggressive woman
- ambassador
- an informal representative
- ambassador
- a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
- ambassadress
- a woman ambassador
- ambler
- someone who walks at a leisurely pace
- Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti
- pope who signed a treaty with Mussolini recognizing the Vatican City as an independent state (1857-1939)
- Ambrose Everett Burnside
- United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881)
- Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
- United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914)
- ambulance chaser
- an unethical lawyer who incites accident victims to sue
- ambusher
- an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack
- Amedeo Avogadro
- Italian physicist noted for his work on gases; proposed what has come to be called Avogadro's law (1776-1856)
- Amedeo Modigliano
- Italian painter and sculptor (1884-1920)
- ameer
- an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
- Amelia Earhart
- first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937)
- Amenhotep IV
- early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC)
- American
- a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
- American
- a native or inhabitant of the United States
- American Revolutionary leader
- a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States
- Americus Vespucius
- Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512)
- Amhara
- a member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia
- amicus curiae
- an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest
- amigo
- a friend or comrade
- Amish
- an American follower of the Mennonite religion
- amnesiac
- a person suffering from amnesia
- amora
- one of a group of rabbis (active AD 250-500) who discussed the Mishnaic law in the law schools of Palestine and Mesopotamia where they explained and applied earlier teachings and whose discussions are recorded in the Talmud; they emphasized the study of Torah and the importance of personal action and the fulfillment of the commandments
- amoralist
- someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid
- amorist
- one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love
- Amos
- a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
- amputator
- a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb
- amputee
- someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
- Amy Lowell
- United States poet (1874-1925)
- Anabaptist
- adherent of Anabaptism
- anachronism
- a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
- anaesthetist
- a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated
- anagnost
- a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church)
- analogist
- someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy
- analphabet
- an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet
- analysand
- a person undergoing psychoanalysis
- analyst
- someone who is skilled at analyzing data
- analyst
- an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions
- analyst
- a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
- Ananias
- a habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying)
- anarchist
- an advocate of anarchism
- Anasazi
- a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings
- anathema
- a detested person
- Anatoli Yevgenevich Karpov
- Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951)
- anatomist
- an expert in anatomy
- Anaxagoras
- a presocratic Athenian philosopher who maintained that everything is composed of very small particles that were arranged by some eternal intelligence (500-428 BC)
- Anaximander
- a presocratic Greek philosopher and student of Thales who believed the universal substance to be infinity rather than something resembling ordinary objects (611-547 BC)
- Anaximenes
- a presocratic Greek philosopher and associate of Anaximander who believed that all things are made of air in different degrees of density (6th century BC)
- ancestor
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- ancestress
- a woman ancestor
- anchor
- a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
- anchorite
- one retired from society for religious reasons
- ancient
- a person who lived in ancient times
- ancient
- a very old person
- Anders Celsius
- Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744)
- Andorran
- a native or inhabitant of Andorra
- Andre Derain
- French painter and exponent of fauvism (1880-1954)
- Andre Eglevsky
- United States ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1917-1977)
- Andre Le Notre
- French landscape gardener who designed many formal gardens including the parks of Versailles (1613-1700)
- Andre Maginot
- French politician who proposed the Maginot Line (1877-1932)
- Andre Malraux
- French novelist (1901-1976)
- Andre Maurois
- French writer best known for his biographies (1885-1967)
- Andre Paul Guillaume Gide
- French author and dramatist who is regarded as the father of modern French literature (1869-1951)
- Andre Weil
- United States mathematician (born in France) (1906-1998)
- Andrea Guarneri
- founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698)
- Andrea Mantegna
- Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-1506)
- Andrea Palladio
- highly original and much imitated Italian architect (1508-1580)
- Andreas Vesalius
- a Flemish surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy (1514-1564)
- Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko
- Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989)
- Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovsky
- Russian filmmaker (1932-1986)
- Andrei Dimitrievich Sakharov
- Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989)
- Andrei Markov
- Russian mathematician (1856-1922)
- Andrei Voznesenski
- Russian poet (born in 1933)
- Andres Segovia
- Spanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987)
- Andrew Carnegie
- United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919)
- Andrew Dickson White
- United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
- Andrew Fielding Huxley
- English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
- Andrew Jackson
- 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)
- Andrew Jackson Downing
- United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852)
- Andrew Marvell
- English poet (1621-1678)
- Andrew William Mellon
- United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937)
- Andrew Wyeth
- United States painter (born in 1917)
- Andrija Mohorovicic
- Yugoslav geophysicist for whom the Mohorovicic discontinuity was named (1857-1936)
- androgyne
- one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
- Andrzej Wajda
- Polish filmmaker (born in 1929)
- Andy Warhol
- United States artist who was a leader of the Pop Art movement (1930-1987)
- anecdotist
- a person skilled in telling anecdotes
- angel
- invests in a theatrical production
- angel
- person of exceptional holiness
- Angelo Correr
- the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417)
- Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli
- Italian pope from 1958 to 1963 who convoked the Second Vatican Council (1881-1963)
- Angevine
- a resident of Anjou
- angiologist
- a physician who specializes in angiology
- Angle
- a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
- angler
- a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
- angler
- a fisherman who uses a hook and line
- Anglican
- a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism
- Anglican Catholic
- a member of the Anglican Church who emphasizes its Catholic character
- Anglo-American
- an American who was born in Britain or one whose ancestors were British
- Anglo-Indian
- a person of English citizenship born or living in India
- Anglo-Saxon
- a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest
- Anglo-Saxon
- a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'
- anglophil
- an admirer of England and things English
- anglophobe
- a person who hates England and everything English
- Angolan
- a native or inhabitant of Angola
- Angolese
- a member of the Bantu tribes resident in Angola
- Anguillan
- a native or inhabitant of the island of Anguilla in the West Indies
- Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson
- English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)
- Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
- a Roman who was an early Christian philosopher and statesman who was executed for treason; Boethius had a decisive influence on medieval logic (circa 480-524)
- animal fancier
- a person who breeds animals
- animal scientist
- a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals
- animal stuffer
- a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display
- animal trainer
- one who trains or exhibits animals
- animator
- the technician who produces animated cartoons
- animator
- someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people
- animist
- one who accepts the doctrine of animism
- Anna Amalia Mercouri
- Greek film actress (1925-1994)
- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
- wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)
- Anna Howard Shaw
- United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)
- Anna Mary Robertson Moses
- United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961)
- Anna Pavlova
- Russian ballerina (1882-1931)
- annalist
- a historian who writes annals
- Anne
- Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
- Anne Boleyn
- the second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I; was executed on a charge of adultery (1507-1536)
- Anne Bronte
- English novelist; youngest of three Bronte sisters (1820-1849)
- Anne Dudley Bradstreet
- poet in colonial America (born in England) (1612-1672)
- Anne Hathaway
- wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623)
- Anne Hutchinson
- American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643)
- Anne Mansfield Sullivan
- United States educator who was the teacher and lifelong companion of Helen Keller (1866-1936)
- Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
- French economist who in 1774 was put in control of finances by Louis XVI; his proposals for reforms that involved abolishing feudal privileges made him unpopular with the aristocracy and in 1776 he was dismissed (1727-1781)
- Anne Sexton
- United States poet (1928-1974)
- Annie Oakley
- United States sharpshooter who was featured in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (1860-1926)
- annihilator
- a total destroyer
- annotator
- a commentator who writes notes to a text
- announcer
- reads news, commercials on radio or television
- announcer
- someone who proclaims a message publicly
- annoyer
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- annuitant
- the recipient of an annuity
- anointer
- one who anoints as a religious ceremony
- anomalist
- someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases
- anomaly
- a person who is unusual
- anorectic
- a person suffering from anorexia nervosa
- answerer
- someone who responds
- antediluvian
- any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
- anthologist
- an editor who makes selections for an anthology
- Anthony Burgess
- English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)
- Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
- British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
- Anthony Comstock
- United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915)
- Anthony Trollope
- English writer of novels (1815-1882)
- anthropoid
- person who resembles a nonhuman primate
- anthropologist
- a social scientist who specializes in anthropology
- anthropophagite
- a person who eats human flesh
- anti
- a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
- anti-American
- a person who is opposed to the United States and its policies
- anti-intellectual
- a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
- anti-Semite
- someone who hates and would persecute Jews
- Antichrist
- (Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament; the Antichrist will rule the world until overthrown by the Second Coming of Christ
- anticipant
- one who anticipates
- antifeminist
- someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women
- Antigonus Cyclops
- a general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC)
- Antiguan
- a native or inhabitant of Antigua
- antinomian
- a follower of the doctrine of antinomianism
- antipope
- someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected
- antiquarian
- an expert or collector of antiquities
- antique
- an elderly man
- Antoine Domino
- United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928)
- Antoine Henri Becquerel
- French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908)
- Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
- French botanist who categorized plants into families and developed a system of plant classification (1748-1836)
- Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
- French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry; discovered oxygen and disproved the theory of phlogiston (1743-1794)
- Anton Bruckner
- Austrian organist and composer of romantic music (1824-1896)
- Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein
- Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894)
- Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
- Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904)
- Anton van Leeuwenhoek
- Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)
- Antonin Dvorak
- Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904)
- Antonio Allegri da Correggio
- Italian painter noted for his use of chiaroscuro and perspective (1494-1534)
- Antonio Gaudi i Cornet
- Spanish architect who was a leading exponent of art nouveau in Europe (1852-1926)
- Antonio Ghislieri
- Italian pope from 1566 to 1572 who led the reformation of the Roman Catholic Church; he excommunicated Elizabeth I (1504-1572)
- Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
- Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876)
- Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
- Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741)
- Antonio Pignatelli
- Italian pope from 1691 to 1700 who abolished nepotism within the church hierarchy and was universally loved for his charity and piety
- Antonius Pius
- Emperor of Rome; adoptive son of Hadrian (86-161)
- Antonius Stradivarius
- Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737)
- Antony Tudor
- United States dancer and choreographer (born in England) (1909-1987)
- Anwar el-Sadat
- Egyptian statesman who (as president of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin (then prime minister of Israel) (1918-1981)
- Anzac
- a soldier in the Australian and New Zealand army corps during World War I
- apache
- a Parisian gangster
- Apache
- any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
- ape
- someone who copies the words or behavior of another
- ape-man
- a person assumed to have been raised by apes
- ape-man
- hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings
- aphakic
- someone afflicted by aphakia; someone lacking the natural lenses of the eyes
- aphasic
- someone affected by aphasia or inability to use or understand language
- aphorist
- someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms
- apiarist
- a farmer who keeps bees for their honey
- apologist
- a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
- apostate
- a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- Apostelic Father
- any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people
- apostle
- an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
- Apostle
- (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel
- Apostle of Germany
- (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)
- Apostle of the Gentiles
- (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle
- apostolic delegate
- (Roman Catholic Church) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it
- apothecary
- a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
- apotheosis
- model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
- Appalachian
- a native or inhabitant of Appalachia
- apparatchik
- a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party
- apparatchik
- a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization)
- appeaser
- someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands
- appellant
- the party who appeals a decision of a lower court
- applauder
- someone who applauds
- apple polisher
- someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect
- applicant
- a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
- applied scientist
- a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
- appointee
- an official who is appointed
- appointee
- a person who is appointed to a job or position
- appraiser
- one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity
- appraiser
- one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things
- appreciator
- a person who is fully aware of something and understands it
- apprehender
- a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice)
- apprehender
- a person who knows or apprehends
- apprentice
- works for an expert to learn a trade
- appropriator
- someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission)
- approver
- an authority with power to approve
- April fool
- the butt of a prank played on April 1st
- aquanaut
- a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research
- aquanaut
- an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder
- Arab chief
- the leader of an Arab village or family
- Arabian
- a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
- Arabist
- a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture
- Aram Ilich Khachaturian
- Russian composer (born in Armenia) whose works are romantic and reflect his interest in folk music (1903-1978)
- Aram Kachaturian
- Armenian composer who incorporated oriental folk music (1903-1978)
- Aramaean
- a member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th century BC
- Arapahoe
- a member of a tribe of Plains Indians formerly inhabiting eastern Colorado and Wyoming (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming)
- Arawakan
- a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America
- arb
- someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
- arbiter
- someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
- arbiter
- someone with the power to settle matters at will
- arboriculturist
- someone trained in forestry
- arborist
- a specialist in treating damaged trees
- Arcadian
- an inhabitant of Arcadia
- Arcangelo Corelli
- Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713)
- archaeologist
- an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
- archaist
- a person who archaizes
- archbishop
- a bishop of highest rank
- archdeacon
- (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop
- archduchess
- a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria
- archduke
- a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria
- archer
- a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow
- Archibald MacLeish
- United States poet (1892-1982)
- Archibald Percival Wavell
- British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950)
- Archimedes
- Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry (287-212 BC)
- architect
- someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
- archivist
- a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives
- archpriest
- a senior clergyman and dignitary
- Areopagite
- a member of the council of the Areopagus
- Argentinian
- a native or inhabitant of Argentina
- Argive
- a native or inhabitant of the city of Argos
- argonaut
- someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure
- arguer
- someone who engages in debate
- arianist
- an adherent of Arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not truly God)
- Aries
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
- Arikara
- a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river
- Aristarchus
- an ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC)
- Aristarchus of Samos
- an ancient Greek astronomer who was one of the first to propose a heliocentric theory of the universe (circa 270 BC)
- Aristide Maillol
- French sculptor of monumental female nudes (1861-1944)
- aristocrat
- a member of the aristocracy
- Aristophanes
- an ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies (448-380 BC)
- Aristotelian
- a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
- Aristotle
- one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC)
- arithmetician
- someone who specializes in arithmetic
- Arius
- a Greek who was a Christian theologian active in Alexandria and who was declared a heretic for his doctrines about God (which came to be known as Arianism) (256?-336)
- Arizonian
- a native or resident of Arizona
- Arkansawyer
- a native or resident of Arkansas
- Armand Jean du Plessis
- French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642)
- armchair liberal
- a person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize them
- Armenian
- a native or inhabitant of Armenia
- armiger
- a nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms
- armiger
- a squire carrying the armor of a knight
- Arminian
- adherent of Arminianism
- Arminius
- German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19)
- armorer
- a worker skilled in making armor or arms
- armorer
- an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.
- arms manufacturer
- someone who manufactures arms and munitions
- arms-runner
- a smuggler of guns
- army attache
- a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in an army
- army brat
- the child of a career officer of the United States Army
- army engineer
- a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work
- army officer
- an officer in the armed forces
- Arna Wendell Bontemps
- United States writer (1902-1973)
- Arnold Daniel Palmer
- United States golfer (born in 1929)
- Arnold Joseph Toynbee
- English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975)
- Arnold Lucius Gesell
- United States psychologist noted for his work in child development (1880-1961)
- Arnold of Brescia
- Italian theologian who censured the worldly possessions of monks and the temporal power of bishops and was condemned for dogmatic errors by the Second Lateran Council (early 12th century)
- Arnold Schoenberg
- United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)
- arouser
- someone who rouses others from sleep
- arranger
- a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise
- arrival
- someone who arrives (or has arrived)
- arriviste
- a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
- arrogator
- a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess
- arrowsmith
- a maker of arrows
- arsonist
- a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
- art critic
- a critic of paintings
- art dealer
- a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation
- art director
- the director in charge of the artistic features of a theatrical production (costumes and scenery and lighting)
- art editor
- an editor who is responsible for illustrations and layouts in printed matter
- art historian
- a historian of art
- art student
- someone studying to be an artist
- art teacher
- someone who teaches art
- Artaxerxes I
- king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC)
- Artaxerxes II
- king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC)
- arthritic
- a person afflicted with arthritis
- Arthur Edwin Kennelly
- United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents; independently of Oliver Heaviside he discovered the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1861-1939)
- Arthur Fiedler
- popular United States conductor (1894-1979)
- Arthur Garfield Hays
- United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954)
- Arthur Holly Compton
- United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy; his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962)
- Arthur Holmes
- English geologist and supporter of the theory of continental drift (1890-1965)
- Arthur Honegger
- Swiss composer (born in France) who was the founding member of a group in Paris that included Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau (1892-1955)
- Arthur Jacob Arshawsky
- United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
- Arthur James Balfour
- English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1848-1930)
- Arthur John Gielgud
- English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000)
- Arthur Koestler
- British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983)
- Arthur Laffer
- United States economist who proposed the Laffer curve (born in 1940)
- Arthur Marx
- United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1893-1964)
- Arthur Meier Schlesinger
- United States historian (1888-1965)
- Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.
- United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy (born in 1917)
- Arthur Miller
- United States playwright (1915-2005)
- Arthur Mitchell
- United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934)
- Arthur Neville Chamberlain
- British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)
- Arthur Robert Ashe
- United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993)
- Arthur Rubinstein
- United States pianist (born in Poland) known for his interpretations of the music of Chopin (1886-1982)
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- German pessimist philosopher (1788-1860)
- Arthur Seymour Sullivan
- English composer of operettas who collaborated with the librettist William Gilbert (1842-1900)
- Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel
- United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)
- Arthur Symons
- English poet (1865-1945)
- Arthur Tappan
- United States abolitionist (1786-1865)
- Arthur Tatum
- United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956)
- articulator
- someone who pronounces words
- artificer
- a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
- artificer
- someone who is the first to think of or make something
- artilleryman
- a serviceman in the artillery
- artist's model
- a person who poses for a painter or sculptor
- artist
- a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
- artiste
- a public performer (a dancer or singer)
- Artur Schnabel
- United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951)
- Arturo Toscanini
- Italian conductor of many orchestras worldwide (1867-1957)
- Aryan
- (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)
- Asa Gray
- United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)
- Asa Yoelson
- United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950)
- Asanga
- Indian religious leader and founder of the Yogacara school of Buddhism in India (4th century)
- Asaph Hall
- United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)
- ascender
- someone who ascends
- Ashkenazi
- a Jew of eastern European or German descent
- Ashley Montagu
- United States anthropologist (born in England) who popularized anthropology (1905-)
- Asian American
- an American who is of Asian descent
- Asiatic
- a native or inhabitant of Asia
- asker
- someone who asks a question
- aspirant
- an ambitious and aspiring young person
- ass
- a pompous fool
- ass-kisser
- a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
- Assamese
- native or inhabitant of the state of Assam in northeastern India
- assassin
- a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders
- assassin
- a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
- assayer
- an analyst who assays (performs chemical tests on) metals
- assemblyman
- someone who is a member of a legislative assembly
- assemblywoman
- a woman assemblyman
- assenter
- a person who assents
- assessee
- a person (or property) that is assessed
- assessor
- an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it
- assignee
- (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)
- assignor
- (law) the party who makes an assignment
- assimilator
- someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
- assistant foreman
- a member of a work gang who supervises the other workers
- assistant professor
- a teacher or lower rank than an associate professor
- assistant
- a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- associate
- a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
- associate
- a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise
- associate professor
- a teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor
- associate
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another
- Assurbanipal
- king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC)
- Assyrian
- an inhabitant of ancient Assyria
- asthmatic
- a person suffering from asthma
- astrogator
- the navigator of a spacecraft
- astrologer
- someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon
- astronaut
- a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
- astronomer
- a physicist who studies astronomy
- astrophysicist
- an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies
- Athabaskan
- a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
- Athanasius the Great
- (Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373)
- atheist
- someone who does not believe in the existence of a god
- Athelstan
- the first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939)
- Athenian
- a resident of Athens
- athlete
- a person trained to compete in sports
- Athol Fugard
- South African playwright whose plays feature the racial tensions in South Africa during apartheid (born in 1932)
- Atsugewi
- a member of a North American Indian people of northern California
- Attacapan
- a member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas
- attache
- a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission
- attempter
- one who tries
- attendant
- a person who is present and participates in a meeting
- attendant
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- attender
- someone who listens attentively
- attestant
- (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
- attestant
- someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something
- attorney general
- the chief law officer of a country or state
- attorney
- a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
- attracter
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- au pair
- a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework
- au pair girl
- a foreign girl serving as an au pair
- auctioneer
- an agent who conducts an auction
- audile
- one whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or motor
- auditor
- a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization
- auditor
- a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit
- augur
- (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
- August Ferdinand Mobius
- German mathematician responsible for the Mobius strip (1790-1868)
- August Friedrich Leopold Weismann
- German biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (1834-1914)
- August von Wassermann
- German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (1866-1925)
- August Wilhelm von Hoffmann
- German chemist (1818-1892)
- Augustin Eugene Scribe
- French playwright (1791-1861)
- Augustin Jean Fresnel
- French physicist who invented polarized light and invented the Fresnel lens (1788-1827)
- Augustine of Hippo
- (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430)
- Augustinian
- a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders
- Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
- English architect who played a prominent role in the 19th century revival of Gothic architecture (1812-1852)
- aunt
- the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
- Austin Friar
- one of the Roman Catholic hermits of Saint Augustine
- Australian
- a native or inhabitant of Australia
- Australian Aborigine
- a member of the people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
- Austrian
- a native or inhabitant of Austria
- Austronesian
- a native or inhabitant of Austronesia
- auteur
- a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works
- author
- someone who originates or causes or initiates something
- author
- writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
- authoress
- a woman author
- authoriser
- an authority who authorizes (people or actions)
- authoritarian
- a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
- authority
- an expert whose views are taken as definitive
- authority
- (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
- authority figure
- someone who is regarded as an authority by someone else
- auto-mechanic
- someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles
- autobiographer
- someone who writes their own biography
- autochthon
- the earliest known inhabitants of a region
- autocrat
- a cruel and oppressive dictator
- autodidact
- a person who has taught himself
- automaton
- someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
- automobile driver
- someone who drives racing cars at high speeds
- automobilist
- someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile
- automotive engineer
- an engineer concerned with the design and construction of automobiles
- avatar
- a new personification of a familiar idea
- avenger
- someone who takes vengeance
- avower
- someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly
- AWOL
- one who is away or absent without leave
- ayah
- (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children
- ayatollah
- a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well
- Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
- Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989)
- Ayn Rand
- United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)
- Azerbaijani
- a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan
- Aztec
- a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519
- B-girl
- a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers
- baas
- South African term for `boss'
- babbler
- an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
- babe
- a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- baboo
- used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
- baby
- the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
- baby boomer
- a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
- baby buster
- a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically
- baby doctor
- a specialist in the care of babies
- baby farmer
- someone who runs an establishment that houses and cares for babies for a fee
- baby minder
- a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working
- baby
- an immature childish person
- Babylonian
- an inhabitant of ancient Babylon
- babysitter
- a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
- bacchanal
- a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
- bacchanal
- someone who engages in drinking bouts
- bacchant
- (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus
- bacchante
- (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus
- bachelor girl
- a young unmarried woman who lives alone
- bachelor
- a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
- bachelor
- a man who has never been married
- back
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- back judge
- a football official
- back-number
- someone who is no longer popular
- backbencher
- a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
- backbiter
- one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
- backpacker
- a hiker who wears a backpack
- backroom boy
- an expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status
- backscratcher
- someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage
- backseat driver
- a meddler who insists on giving unwanted advice
- backslapper
- someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality
- backslider
- someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
- backstop
- (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
- backstroker
- someone who swims the backstroke
- backup
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- backwoodsman
- a man who lives on the frontier
- bacteriologist
- a biologist who studies bacteria
- bad egg
- (old-fashioned slang) a bad person
- bad guy
- any person who is not on your side
- bad hat
- someone who deliberately stirs up trouble
- bad person
- a person who does harm to others
- Badaga
- a member of an agricultural people of southern India
- badgerer
- someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections
- bag lady
- a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in shopping bags
- bag
- an ugly or ill-tempered woman
- baggage
- a worthless or immoral woman
- baggageman
- an attendant who takes care of baggage
- bagger
- a workman employed to pack things into containers
- bagman
- a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money
- bagman
- a salesman who travels to call on customers
- bagpiper
- someone who plays the bagpipe
- Bahai
- a teacher of or believer in Bahaism
- Bahamian
- a native or inhabitant of the Bahamas
- Bahreini
- a native or inhabitant of Bahrain
- bailee
- the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered
- bailiff
- an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
- bailor
- the person who delivers personal property (goods or money) in trust to the bailee in a bailment
- bairn
- a child: son or daughter
- baker
- someone who bakes commercially
- baker
- someone who bakes bread or cake
- Balance
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
- balancer
- an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
- baldhead
- a person whose head is bald or shaved
- Balkan
- an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula
- balker
- a person who refuses to comply
- ball boy
- a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players
- ball carrier
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- ball hawk
- a team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball
- ball of fire
- a highly energetic and indefatigable person
- ball of fire
- someone whose career progresses rapidly
- ball-breaker
- a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence
- ballad maker
- a composer of words or music for popular songs
- balladeer
- a singer of popular ballads
- ballerina
- a female ballet dancer
- ballet dancer
- a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet company
- ballet master
- a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company
- ballet mistress
- a woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company
- balletomane
- a ballet enthusiast
- balloonist
- someone who flies a balloon
- ballplayer
- an athlete who plays baseball
- ballyhoo artist
- someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention
- Balthazar
- (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus
- bambino
- a young child
- banderillero
- the bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight
- bandit
- an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
- bandleader
- the leader of a dance band
- bandmaster
- the conductor of a band
- bandsman
- a player in a band (especially a military band)
- Bangladeshi
- a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh
- bank clerk
- an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
- bank commissioner
- a commissioner appointed to supervise banks; a state superintendent of banks
- bank examiner
- an examiner appointed to audit the accounts of banks in a given jurisdiction
- bank guard
- a security guard at a bank
- bank manager
- manager of a branch office of a bank
- bank robber
- a robber of banks
- banker
- the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game
- banker
- a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
- bankrupt
- someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
- banneret
- a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command
- bantamweight
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds
- bantamweight
- weighs 115-126 pounds
- Bantu
- a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
- Baptist
- follower of Baptistic doctrines
- bar fly
- a drinker who frequents bars
- Barack Hussein Obama
- 44th President of the United States; first African-American President
- Barbadian
- a native or inhabitant of Barbados
- Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
- United States historian (1912-1989)
- barbarian
- a member of an uncivilized people
- Barbary pirate
- a pirate along the Barbary Coast
- barber
- a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
- Barbra Joan Streisand
- United States singer and actress (born in 1942)
- bard
- a lyric poet
- bargain hunter
- a shopper who hunts for bargains
- bargainer
- negotiator of the terms of a transaction
- bargainer
- someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
- bargee
- someone who operates a barge
- baritone
- a male singer
- barkeep
- an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
- barker
- someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
- barmaid
- a female bartender
- barnburner
- someone who burns down a barn
- barnstormer
- an actor who travels around the country presenting plays
- barnstormer
- a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting
- baron
- a British peer of the lowest rank
- baron
- a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
- Baron Clive of Plassey
- British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774)
- Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu
- French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)
- Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
- German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)
- Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben
- American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained the troops under George Washington (1730-1794)
- Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz
- German physiologist and physicist (1821-1894)
- Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding
- British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
- Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
- French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)
- Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber
- German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826)
- Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
- German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835)
- Baron Lloyd Webber of Sydmonton
- English composer of many successful musicals (some in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice) (born in 1948)
- Baron Olivier of Birghton
- English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989)
- Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing
- German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902)
- Baron Snow of Leicester
- English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
- baron
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman
- baroness
- a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron
- Baroness Emmusca Orczy
- British writer (born in Hungary) (1865-1947)
- Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
- English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
- Baroness Karen Blixen
- Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962)
- Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven
- British stateswoman; first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925)
- Baronne Anne Louise Germaine Necker de Steal-Holstein
- French romantic writer (1766-1817)
- barrater
- someone guilty of barratry
- barrel maker
- a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs
- barrister
- a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution
- barrow-boy
- a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow
- Bart
- a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
- barterer
- a trader who exchanges goods and not money
- Barthold George Niebuhr
- German historian noted for his critical approach to sources and for his history of Rome (1776-1831)
- Bartholomeu Diaz
- Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500)
- Bartholomew Roberts
- a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)
- Bartolome Esteban Murillo
- Spanish painter (1617-1682)
- Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari
- Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846)
- Bartolomeo Prignano
- Italian pope from 1378 to 1389 whose contested election began the Great Schism; he alienated his political allies by his ruthless treatment of his opponents (1318-1389)
- Bartolomeo Vanzetti
- United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Nicola Sacco was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1888-1927)
- Bartolommeo Eustachio
- Italian anatomist who was one of the fathers of modern anatomy; noted for descriptions of the ear and the heart (1520-1574)
- Baruch
- a disciple of and secretary for the prophet Jeremiah
- bas bleu
- a woman having literary or intellectual interests
- base runner
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- baseball coach
- a coach of baseball players
- basileus
- a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire
- Basket Maker
- early Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets
- basketball coach
- a coach of basketball players
- basketball player
- an athlete who plays basketball
- basketmaker
- someone skilled in weaving baskets
- Basotho
- a member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho
- Basque
- a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
- bass
- an adult male singer with the lowest voice
- bassist
- a musician who play the bass viol
- bassoonist
- a musician who plays the bassoon
- bastard
- the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
- baster
- a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy
- baster
- a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
- bat boy
- (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment
- bather
- a person who takes a bath
- bather
- a person who travels through the water by swimming
- Bathsheba
- (Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC)
- batman
- an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer
- baton twirler
- someone who twirls a baton
- batsman
- (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
- batting coach
- (baseball) someone who teaches batters how to bat better
- battle-ax
- a sharp-tongued domineering wife
- battler
- someone who fights (or is fighting)
- Bavarian
- a native or an inhabitant of Bavaria
- bawd
- a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- bawler
- a loud weeper
- bawler
- someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
- Bay Stater
- a native or resident of Massachusetts
- beachcomber
- a vagrant living on a beach
- beadle
- a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
- beadsman
- a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another
- bean counter
- an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures
- 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
- beard
- a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)
- bearer
- a messenger who bears or presents
- bearer
- someone whose employment involves carrying something
- bearer
- the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it
- bearer
- one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
- beast
- a cruelly rapacious person
- beat
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- beater
- a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter
- Beatrice Lillie
- British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989)
- beau
- a man who is the lover of a man or woman
- beau
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- beautician
- someone who works in a beauty parlor
- beauty consultant
- someone who gives you advice about your personal appearance
- beauty
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman
- Bechuana
- a member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa
- bed wetter
- someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed
- bedfellow
- a person with whom you share a bed
- bedfellow
- a temporary associate
- bedlamite
- an archaic term for a lunatic
- Bedouin
- a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs
- Bedrich Smetana
- Czech composer (1824-1884)
- beef man
- a man who raises (or tends) cattle
- beefeater
- officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
- beer maker
- someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
- begetter
- a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- beggar
- a pauper who lives by begging
- beggarman
- a man who is a beggar
- beggarwoman
- a woman who is a beggar
- beginner
- a person who founds or establishes some institution
- beginner
- someone new to a field or activity
- beguiler
- a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)
- beguiler
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- Beguine
- (Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life
- begum
- a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan
- behaviorist
- a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism
- behemoth
- someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
- behemoth
- a person of exceptional importance and reputation
- beholder
- a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
- bel esprit
- a witty or clever person with a fine mind
- Bela Bartok
- Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945)
- Bela Ferenc Blasko
- United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956)
- beldam
- a woman of advanced age
- beldam
- an ugly evil-looking old woman
- Belgian
- a native or inhabitant of Belgium
- believer
- a supporter who accepts something as true
- believer
- a person who has religious faith
- Belisarius
- Byzantine general under Justinian I; he recovered former Roman territories in northern Africa and fought against the Persians
- bell captain
- the supervisor of bellboys in a hotel
- bell founder
- a person who casts metal bells
- bell ringer
- someone who plays musical handbells
- bell ringer
- a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
- bellboy
- someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
- belle
- a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
- Belle Miriam Silverman
- United States operatic soprano (born in 1929)
- bellwether
- someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity
- belly dancer
- a woman who performs a solo belly dance
- bellyacher
- a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
- beloved
- a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- Belshazzar
- (Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II; according to the Old Testament he was warned of his doom by divine handwriting on the wall that was interpreted by Daniel (6th century BC)
- belt maker
- a maker of belts
- Ben Hecht
- United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946)
- bench warmer
- (sports) a substitute who seldom plays
- Benedetto Caetani
- pope who declared that Catholic princes are subject to the pope in temporal as well as in theological matters (1235-1303)
- Benedetto Odescalchi
- Italian pope from 1676 to 1689 whose papacy was marked by the struggle with Louis XIV of France over papal authority over French Catholics; known for saintliness and canonized in 1956 (1611-1689)
- benedick
- a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
- Benedict Arnold
- United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801)
- Benedict de Spinoza
- Dutch philosopher who espoused a pantheistic system (1632-1677)
- Benedictine
- a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict
- benefactor
- a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
- benefactress
- a woman benefactor
- beneficiary
- the recipient of funds or other benefits
- Bengali
- (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus)
- Beninese
- a native or inhabitant of Benin
- Benito Mussolini
- Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945)
- Benjamin
- (Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel
- Benjamin David Goodman
- United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
- Benjamin Franklin
- printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)
- Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr.
- United States writer (1870-1902)
- Benjamin Harris
- publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713)
- Benjamin Henry Latrobe
- United States architect (born in England) whose works include the chambers of the United States Congress and the Supreme Court; considered the first professional architect in the United States (1764-1820)
- Benjamin Jonson
- English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637)
- Benjamin Jowett
- English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893)
- Benjamin Kubelsky
- United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974)
- Benjamin Peirce
- United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)
- Benjamin Ricketson Tucker
- United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)
- Benjamin Rush
- physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
- Benjamin Shahn
- United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969)
- Benjamin Spock
- United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998)
- Benjamin Thompson
- English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)
- Benjamin West
- English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820)
- Benoit Mandelbrot
- French mathematician (born in Poland) noted for inventing fractals (born in 1924)
- Benvenuto Cellini
- Italian sculptor (1500-1571)
- Berber
- a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa
- bereaved
- a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved
- berk
- a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of
- Berliner
- an inhabitant of Berlin
- Bermudian
- a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- Berna Eli Oldfield
- United States race driver who was the first to drive faster than a mile a minute (1878-1946)
- Bernard Arthur Owen Williams
- English philosopher credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy (1929-2003)
- Bernard Hinault
- French racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1954)
- Bernard Malamud
- United States writer (1914-1986)
- Bernard Mannes Baruch
- economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965)
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Italian filmmaker (born in 1940)
- Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist
- German dramatist whose works concern people torn between reason and emotion (1777-1811)
- berserk
- one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
- Bertolt Brecht
- German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956)
- Bertram Brockhouse
- Canadian physicist who bounced neutron beams off of atomic nuclei to study the structure of matter (1918-2003)
- Bertrand Arthur William Russell
- English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970)
- besieger
- an enemy who lays siege to your position
- besieger
- an energetic petitioner
- Bessie Smith
- United States blues singer (1894-1937)
- best friend
- the one friend who is closest to you
- best man
- the principal groomsman at a wedding
- best
- the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
- bestower
- person who makes a gift of property
- betrayer
- one who reveals confidential information in return for money
- betrayer
- a person who says one thing and does another
- betrothed
- the person to whom you are engaged
- Betsy Griscom Ross
- American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
- Bette Davis
- United States film actress (1908-1989)
- better
- a superior person having claim to precedence
- better half
- a person's partner in marriage
- better
- someone who bets
- Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan
- United States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921)
- bey
- the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire
- bey
- (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt
- Bhutanese
- a native or inhabitant of Bhutan
- bibliographer
- someone trained in compiling bibliographies
- bibliophile
- someone who loves (and usually collects) books
- bibliopole
- a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books)
- bibliothec
- a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services
- bibliotist
- someone who engages in bibliotics
- bicycler
- a person who rides a bicycle
- bidder
- someone who makes an offer
- bidder
- someone who makes a bid at cards
- big brother
- an older brother
- Big Brother
- a totalitarian leader and invader of privacy
- big cheese
- an important influential person
- big leaguer
- a member of a major-league baseball team
- big sister
- an older sister
- big spender
- one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment
- bigamist
- someone who marries one person while already legally married to another
- bigot
- a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
- bigwig
- the most important person in a group or undertaking
- bilingual
- a person who speaks two languages fluently
- bill poster
- someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards
- billiard player
- someone who plays billiards
- Billie Jean Moffitt King
- United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
- billionaire
- a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at more than a billion dollars
- Biloxi
- a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi
- bimbo
- a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men
- bimetallist
- an advocate of bimetallism
- biochemist
- someone with special training in biochemistry
- biographer
- someone who writes an account of a person's life
- biologist
- (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms
- bionic man
- a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices
- biophysicist
- a physicist who applies the methods of physics to biology
- bird fancier
- a person with a strong interest in birds
- bird of passage
- someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- bird watcher
- a person who identifies and studies birds in their natural habitats
- bird watcher
- a zoologist who studies birds
- bird
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- birth
- a baby born; an offspring
- birth-control campaigner
- a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning
- birthing coach
- an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes
- bisexual
- a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes
- bishop
- a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
- Bishop Berkeley
- Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)
- Bishop Ulfilas
- a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382)
- bitch
- a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
- biter
- someone who bites
- blabbermouth
- someone who gossips indiscreetly
- Black African
- an African who is Black
- Black and Tan
- an English recruit (who wore a uniform that was black and tan) serving in the Irish constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921
- black belt
- a person who attained the rank of expert in the martial arts (judo or karate)
- Black Friar
- a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
- black marketeer
- someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities
- Black Muslim
- an activist member of a largely American group of Blacks called the Nation of Islam
- Black Panther
- a member of the Black Panthers political party
- Black Prince
- son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376)
- black sheep
- a reckless and unprincipled reprobate
- Blackfoot
- a member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plains
- blackguard
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- blackleg
- someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- blackmailer
- a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
- Blackshirt
- a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II
- blacksmith
- a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
- blade
- a dashing young man
- Blaise Pascal
- French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)
- blasphemer
- a person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things
- blaster
- a workman employed to blast with explosives
- bleacher
- a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)
- bleeder
- someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding
- bleeding heart
- someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged
- Blessed Virgin
- the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
- blighter
- a boy or man
- blighter
- a persistently annoying person
- blind date
- a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them)
- blind person
- a person with a severe visual impairment
- blocker
- a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play
- blockhead
- a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- blogger
- a person who keeps and updates a blog
- blond
- a person with fair skin and hair
- blood brother
- a male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brother
- blood brother
- a male with the same parents as someone else
- blood donor
- someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions
- blood relation
- one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
- blood
- a dissolute man in fashionable society
- Bloody Mary
- daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558)
- blowhard
- a very boastful and talkative person
- blubberer
- someone who sniffles and weeps with loud sobs
- bludgeoner
- an assailant who uses a bludgeon
- blue baby
- an infant born with a bluish color; usually has a defective heart
- bluecoat
- a person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor)
- Bluegrass Stater
- a native or resident of Kentucky
- bluejacket
- a serviceman in the navy
- bluffer
- a person who tries to bluff other people
- blunderer
- someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
- blusterer
- a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly
- board member
- a member of a governing board
- boarder
- a pupil who lives at school during term time
- boarder
- someone who forces their way aboard ship
- boarder
- a tenant in someone's house
- boatbuilder
- a person who builds boats
- boater
- someone who drives or rides in a boat
- boatswain
- a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
- Bob Dylan
- United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941)
- bobby
- an informal term for a British policeman
- bobby-socker
- an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s)
- body servant
- a valet or personal maid
- body snatcher
- someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
- bodybuilder
- someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature
- bodyguard
- someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
- boffin
- (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research
- bohemian
- a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life
- Bohemian
- a native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic
- Bohemian
- a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
- Bolivian
- a native or inhabitant of Bolivia
- Bolshevik
- emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
- Bolshevist
- a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party
- bombardier
- the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target
- bombardier
- a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
- bomber
- a person who plants bombs
- bombshell
- an entertainer who has a sensational effect
- bon vivant
- a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
- bond servant
- someone bound to labor without wages
- bondholder
- a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation
- bondmaid
- a female slave
- bondmaid
- a female bound to serve without wages
- bondman
- a male slave
- bondman
- a male bound to serve without wages
- bondsman
- someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
- bonesetter
- someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones
- boniface
- the owner or manager of an inn
- boob
- an ignorant or foolish person
- book agent
- a book salesman
- book seller
- a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books
- bookbinder
- a worker whose trade is binding books
- Booker Taliaferro Washington
- United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)
- booker
- someone who engages a person or company for performances
- bookie
- a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
- booking clerk
- someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)
- bookkeeper
- someone who records the transactions of a business
- bookmaker
- a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books
- bookman
- a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
- bookseller
- the proprietor of a bookstore
- bookworm
- someone who spends a great deal of time reading
- bookworm
- a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
- booster
- a thief who steals goods that are in a store
- booster
- someone who is an active supporter and advocate
- boot maker
- a maker of boots
- bootblack
- a person who polishes shoes and boots
- bootlegger
- someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
- border patrolman
- someone who patrols the borders of a country
- borderer
- an inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England)
- bore
- a person who evokes boredom
- Boris Fyodorovich Godunov
- czar of Russia (1551-1605)
- Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
- Russian writer whose best known novel was banned by Soviet authorities but translated and published abroad (1890-1960)
- Boris Vasilevich Spassky
- Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937)
- born-again Christian
- a Christian who has experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus
- Bornean
- a native or inhabitant of Borneo
- borrower
- someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent
- boss
- a person who exercises control and makes decisions
- boss
- a person who exercises control over workers
- boss
- a person responsible for hiring workers
- boss
- a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
- Bostonian
- a native or resident of Boston
- Boswell
- a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds
- botanist
- a biologist specializing in the study of plants
- bottom dog
- a person of low status
- bottom feeder
- an opportunist who profits from the misfortunes of others
- boulevardier
- a visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris)
- bouncer
- a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting
- bounder
- someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)
- bounty hunter
- a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty
- bounty hunter
- someone who pursues fugitives or criminals for whom a reward is offered
- Bourbon
- a member of the European royal family that ruled France
- Bourbon
- a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South)
- bourgeois
- a member of the middle class
- bourgeois
- a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
- bowdleriser
- a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages
- bowler
- a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins
- bowler
- a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket
- Boxer
- a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China
- boxer
- someone who fights with his fists for sport
- boy
- a friendly informal reference to a grown man
- Boy Orator of the Platte
- United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
- Boy Scout
- a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts
- boy scout
- a man who is considered naive
- boy wonder
- an extremely talented young male person
- boy
- a youthful male person
- boy
- a male human offspring
- bozo
- an informal term for a youth or man
- bozo
- a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
- bracero
- a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II
- brachycephalic
- an adult with a short broad head
- brahman
- a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas
- brahman
- a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)
- Brahui
- a member of a Dravidian people living in Pakistan
- brain doctor
- a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it
- brain surgeon
- someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)
- brainworker
- someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems
- brakeman
- a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes
- brass hat
- a high-ranking military officer
- brat
- a very troublesome child
- brave
- a North American Indian warrior
- brawler
- a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls)
- Braxton Bragg
- Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876)
- Brazilian
- a native or inhabitant of Brazil
- breadwinner
- one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents
- breaker
- a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
- breaststroker
- someone who swims the breaststroke
- breeder
- a person who breeds animals
- Bret Harte
- United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902)
- Breton
- a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language)
- brewer
- the owner or manager of a brewery
- briber
- someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act
- brick
- a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
- bricklayer
- a craftsman skilled in building with bricks
- bride
- a woman who has recently been married
- bride
- a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
- bride-to-be
- a woman who is engaged to be married
- bridegroom
- a man who has recently been married
- bridegroom
- a man participant in his own marriage ceremony
- bridesmaid
- an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
- bridge agent
- an operative who acts as a courier or go-between from a case officer to a secret agent in a hostile area
- bridge partner
- one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game
- bridge player
- a card player in a game of bridge
- brigadier
- a general officer ranking below a major general
- Brigham Young
- United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)
- Britisher
- a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
- Briton
- an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions
- broad
- slang term for a woman
- broadcast journalist
- a journalist who broadcasts on radio or television
- broadcaster
- someone who broadcasts on radio or television
- broker-dealer
- a financial specialist who trades for his own account and so acts both as a broker and principal
- bronco buster
- a person who breaks horses
- Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
- British anthropologist (born in Poland) who introduced the technique of the participant observer (1884-1942)
- broth of a boy
- an outstanding person; as if produced by boiling down a savory broth
- brothel keeper
- a woman who runs a house of prostitution
- Brother
- (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address
- brother
- a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)
- brother
- a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- brother
- used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
- brother-in-law
- a brother by marriage
- Brownie
- a junior Girl Scout
- Brownshirt
- a member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms
- browser
- a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular
- Brule
- a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux
- Brummie
- a native or resident of Birmingham, England
- Bruneian
- a native or inhabitant of Brunei
- brunet
- a person with dark (brown) hair
- Bruno of Toul
- German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)
- Bruno Walter
- German conductor (1876-1962)
- Bryan Donkin
- English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855)
- buccaneer
- someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
- buck private
- an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
- buck sergeant
- a sergeant of the lowest rank in the military
- buckaroo
- local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)
- Buckeye
- a native or resident of Ohio
- bucolic
- a country person
- Buddha
- one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
- Buddhist
- one who follows the teachings of Buddha
- buff
- an ardent follower and admirer
- Buffalo Indian
- a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America
- buffoon
- a rude or vulgar fool
- buffoon
- a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
- bug-hunter
- a zoologist who studies insects
- bugger
- someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
- bugler
- someone who plays a bugle
- builder
- a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country
- builder
- someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
- Bulgarian
- a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria
- bulimic
- a person suffering from bulimia
- bull
- an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- bull
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- bullfighter
- someone who fights bulls
- bully
- a hired thug
- bully
- a cruel and brutal fellow
- bullyboy
- a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction
- bum
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- bum
- person who does no work
- bum
- a vagrant
- bumpkin
- a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
- bunkmate
- someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself
- bunny
- a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
- bunter
- a batter who bunts
- burgess
- a citizen of an English borough
- burglar
- a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
- burgomaster
- a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria
- burgrave
- the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries
- burgrave
- a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right
- Burmese
- a native or inhabitant of Myanmar
- Burrhus Frederic Skinner
- United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990)
- Burrill Bernard Crohn
- United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983)
- bursar
- the treasurer at a college or university
- Burundian
- a native or inhabitant of Burundi
- bus driver
- someone who drives a bus
- busboy
- a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes
- bush leaguer
- a player on a minor-league baseball team
- bushman
- a dweller in the Australian bush country
- bushwhacker
- a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
- bushwhacker
- a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
- business agent
- an agent who handles business affairs for another; especially one who deals with employers
- business editor
- the newspaper editor responsible for business news
- business executive
- an executive in a business corporation
- business traveler
- a traveler whose expenses are paid by the business he works for
- businessman
- a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
- businesswoman
- a female businessperson
- busker
- a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money
- buster
- a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something
- buster
- a robust child
- buster
- an informal form of address for a man
- busy bee
- an alert and energetic person
- busybody
- a person who meddles in the affairs of others
- butch
- (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
- butcher
- a brutal indiscriminate murderer
- Butcher Cumberland
- English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
- butcher
- a retailer of meat
- butcher
- a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
- butler
- a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
- butt
- a victim of ridicule or pranks
- butter
- a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head
- butterball
- a rotund individual
- butterfingers
- someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball)
- butterfly collector
- an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths
- buttinsky
- a meddler who tends to butt in
- buyer
- a person who buys
- bystander
- a nonparticipant spectator
- Byzantine
- a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
- cabalist
- a member of a cabal
- cabalist
- an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters
- cabby
- someone who drives a taxi for a living
- cabin boy
- a young man acting as a servant on a ship
- cabinet minister
- a person who is a member of the cabinet
- cabinetmaker
- a woodworker who specializes in making furniture
- caddie
- an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player
- Caddo
- a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas
- cadet
- a military trainee (as at a military academy)
- cadger
- someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
- caffer
- an offensive and insulting term for any Black African
- Cahita
- a member of the Taracahitian people of central Mexico
- Cain
- (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God
- Cairene
- a native or inhabitant of Cairo
- caitiff
- a cowardly and despicable person
- Cajun
- a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia (`Cajun' comes from `Acadian')
- Cakchiquel
- a member of the Mayan people living in south central Guatemala
- Calapooya
- a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon
- calculator
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- calif
- the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth
- Californian
- a native or resident of California
- call girl
- a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone
- caller
- the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands
- caller
- an investor who buys a call option
- caller
- the person who convenes a meeting
- caller
- someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice
- caller
- a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance
- caller
- the person initiating a telephone call
- caller
- a social or business visitor
- calligrapher
- someone skilled in penmanship
- Calvert Vaux
- United States landscape architect (born in England) who designed Central Park (1824-1895)
- Calvin Richard Klein
- United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942)
- Calvinist
- an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin
- Cambrian
- a native or resident of Wales
- camera operator
- a photographer who operates a movie camera
- Cameroonian
- a native or inhabitant of Cameroon
- Camillo Golgi
- Italian histologist noted for work on the structure of the nervous system and for his discovery of Golgi bodies (1844-1926)
- camp follower
- a follower who is not a member of an ingroup
- camp follower
- a prostitute who provides service to military personnel
- campaigner
- a politician who is running for public office
- camper
- someone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation
- Campfire Girl
- a girl who is a member of Campfire Girls; for girls age 7-18
- campmate
- someone who lives in the same camp you do
- Canaanite
- a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites
- Canadian
- a native or inhabitant of Canada
- canary
- a female singer
- canary
- someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- Cancer
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
- candidate
- someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
- candlemaker
- a person who makes or sells candles
- candy striper
- a volunteer worker in a hospital
- candymaker
- someone who makes candies and other sweets
- cannon fodder
- soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
- canoeist
- someone paddling a canoe
- canon
- a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
- canonist
- a specialist in canon law
- Cantabrigian
- a resident of Cambridge
- cantor
- the musical director of a choir
- cantor
- the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos
- Canuck
- informal term for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular
- Canute the Great
- king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)
- canvasser
- a person who takes or counts votes
- canvasser
- someone who conducts surveys of public opinion
- canvasser
- someone who examines votes at an election
- canvasser
- a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
- Capetian
- a member of the Capetian dynasty
- capitalist
- a conservative advocate of capitalism
- capitalist
- a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
- capo
- the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate
- Capricorn
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn
- captain
- an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
- Captain Bligh
- British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817)
- Captain James Cook
- English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
- Captain John Smith
- English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)
- Captain Kidd
- Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701)
- captain
- the leader of a group of people
- captain
- a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
- captain
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
- captain
- a policeman in charge of a precinct
- captain
- the pilot in charge of an airship
- captain
- the naval officer in command of a military ship
- captive
- a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
- captive
- a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
- captor
- a person who captures and holds people or animals
- carabineer
- a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine
- card player
- someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games
- card shark
- a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
- card
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- cardholder
- a player who holds a card or cards in a card game
- cardholder
- a person who holds a credit card or debit card
- cardinal
- (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
- cardiologist
- a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart
- career girl
- a woman who is a careerist
- career man
- a man who is a careerist
- careerist
- a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity
- caregiver
- a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult
- caretaker
- a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)
- caretaker
- an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily
- carhop
- a waiter at a drive-in restaurant
- Carib Indian
- a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles
- caricaturist
- someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner
- carillonneur
- a musician who plays a carillon
- Carioca
- a native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro
- Carl August Nielsen
- Danish composer (1865-1931)
- Carl Clinton Van Doren
- United States writer and literary critic (1885-1950)
- Carl David Anderson
- United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991)
- Carl Gustaf Mossander
- Swedish chemist who discovered rare earth elements (1797-1858)
- Carl Gustav Jung
- Swiss psychologist (1875-1961)
- Carl Orff
- German musician who developed a widely used system for teaching music to children (1895-1982)
- Carl Rogers
- United States psychologist who developed client-centered therapy (1902-1987)
- Carl Sandburg
- United States writer remembered for his poetry in free verse and his six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (1878-1967)
- Carl XVI Gustav
- king of Sweden since 1973 (born 1946)
- Carl Yastrzemski
- United States baseball player (born in 1939)
- Carlo Goldoni
- prolific Italian dramatist (1707-1793)
- Carlos Chavez
- Mexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from Indian folk music (1899-1978)
- Carlos Fuentes
- Mexican novelist (born in 1928)
- Carlovingian
- a member of the Carolingian dynasty
- caroler
- a singer of carols
- Carolinian
- a native or resident of the Carolinas
- Carolus Linnaeus
- Swedish botanist who proposed the modern system of biological nomenclature (1707-1778)
- carouser
- someone who enjoys riotous drinking
- carpenter
- a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
- carper
- someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way
- carpet knight
- a knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle)
- carpetbagger
- an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
- carrier
- (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
- carrier
- a man who delivers the mail
- carrier
- a boy who delivers newspapers
- carrottop
- someone who has red hair
- Carry Amelia Moore Nation
- United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
- Carson Smith McCullers
- United States novelist (1917-1967)
- carter
- someone whose work is driving carts
- Cartesian
- a follower of Cartesian thought
- Carthaginian
- a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage
- Carthusian
- a member of the Carthusian order
- cartographer
- a person who makes maps
- cartoonist
- a person who draws cartoons
- cartwright
- a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons
- carver
- someone who carves the meat
- carver
- an artist who creates sculptures
- carver
- makes decorative wooden panels
- Cary Grant
- United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
- Casanova
- any man noted for his amorous adventures
- case
- a person requiring professional services
- case officer
- an operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service
- case
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- case
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- caseworker
- someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
- cashier
- a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)
- Casimir Funk
- United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)
- Caspar Bartholin
- Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629)
- Cass Gilbert
- United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)
- Cassandra
- (Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed
- Cassius Marcellus Clay
- United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- castaway
- a shipwrecked person
- caster
- a worker who casts molten metal into finished products
- Castillian
- a native or inhabitant of Castile
- castrate
- a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
- castrato
- a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice
- casualty
- someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
- casualty
- someone injured or killed in an accident
- casuist
- someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious
- cat
- a spiteful woman gossip
- cat burglar
- a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
- cat fancier
- a person who breeds and cares for cats
- cat's-paw
- a person used by another to gain an end
- Catalan
- a native or inhabitant of Catalonia
- cataleptic
- a person suffering from catalepsy
- cataloger
- a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system
- catamite
- a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man
- Catawba
- a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas
- catch
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- catechist
- one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism)
- catechumen
- a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist
- caterer
- someone who provides food and service (as for a party)
- Catherine de Medicis
- queen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority of her son Charles IX (1519-1589)
- Catherine Howard
- Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542)
- Catherine I
- empress of Russia who succeeded her husband Peter the Great (1684-1727)
- Catherine of Aragon
- first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
- Catherine Parr
- Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548)
- Catherine the Great
- empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
- Catholic
- a member of a Catholic church
- Catholicos
- the ecclesiastical title of the leaders of the Nestorian and Armenian churches
- cattle thief
- someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)
- cattleman
- a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
- cavalier
- a gallant or courtly gentleman
- cavalryman
- a soldier mounted on horseback
- cavalryman
- a soldier in a motorized army unit
- cave dweller
- someone who lives in a cave
- caviler
- a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections
- Cayuga
- a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State
- Cebuan
- inhabitant of the island of Cebu; a member of the Visayan people of the Philippines
- Cecil Blount DeMille
- United States film maker remembered for his extravagant and spectacular epic productions (1881-1959)
- Cecil Frank Powell
- English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)
- Cecil John Rhodes
- British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
- Cecil Scott Forester
- English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966)
- celebrant
- an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist
- celebrant
- a person who is celebrating
- celebrity
- a widely known person
- celibate
- an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
- cellist
- someone who plays a violoncello
- cenobite
- a member of a religious order living in common
- censor
- a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
- censor
- someone who censures or condemns
- census taker
- someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes
- centenarian
- someone who is at least 100 years old
- center
- (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- center
- (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
- center fielder
- the person who plays center field
- center
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- Central American
- a native or inhabitant of Central America
- centrist
- a person who takes a position in the political center
- centurion
- (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers
- CEO
- the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
- ceramicist
- a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
- Cesar Estrada Chavez
- United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927)
- Cesar Franck
- French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890)
- Cesar Ritz
- Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918)
- Cesare Borgia
- Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507)
- CFO
- the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm
- Ch'in Shih Huang Ti
- the first Qin emperor who unified China, built much of the Great Wall, standardized weights and measures, and created a common currency and legal system (died 210 BC)
- chachka
- (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman
- Chadian
- a native or inhabitant of Chad
- Chaim Azriel Weizmann
- Israeli statesman who persuaded the United States to recognize the new state of Israel and became its first president (1874-1952)
- Chaim Soutine
- French expressionist painter (born in Lithuania) (1893-1943)
- chain-smoker
- a heavy smoker (usually of cigarettes) who lights one off of another
- chair
- the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
- chairman of the board
- the chairman of the board of directors of a corporation
- Chaldaean
- a wise man skilled in occult learning
- Chaldaean
- an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea
- challenger
- the contestant you hope to defeat
- chamberlain
- an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman
- chamberlain
- the treasurer of a municipal corporation
- chambermaid
- a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)
- chameleon
- a changeable or inconstant person
- champ
- someone who has won first place in a competition
- champion
- someone who fights for a cause
- chancellor
- the honorary or titular head of a university
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
- chancellor
- the person who is head of government (in several countries)
- chandler
- a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints
- chandler
- a retail dealer in provisions and supplies
- changeling
- a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
- changeling
- a person of subnormal intelligence
- changer
- a person who changes something
- chaperon
- one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people
- chaplain
- a clergyman ministering to some institution
- chapman
- archaic term for an itinerant peddler
- char
- a human female employed to do housework
- character actor
- an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles
- character witness
- a witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives
- charcoal burner
- a worker whose job is to make charcoal
- charge
- a person committed to your care
- charge d'affaires
- the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador
- charge of quarters
- an enlisted man who handles his unit's administrative matters after hours
- charioteer
- the driver of a chariot
- charity case
- a case for a welfare worker
- charlatan
- a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
- Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
- French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970)
- Charles Augustin de Coulomb
- French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806)
- Charles Augustus Lindbergh
- United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)
- Charles Bullfinch
- United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)
- Charles Camille Saint-Saens
- French pianist and composer (1835-1921)
- Charles Christopher Parker
- United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955)
- Charles Dana Gibson
- United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the `Gibson girl' (1867-1944)
- Charles Digby Harrod
- English merchant who expanded his father's shop in London into a prestigious department store (1841-1905)
- Charles Dillon Stengel
- United States baseball manager (1890-1975)
- Charles Dudley Warner
- United States filmmaker who with his brothers founded the movie studio that produced the first talking picture (1881-1958)
- Charles Eames
- United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978)
- Charles Edouard Jeanneret
- French architect (born in Switzerland) (1887-1965)
- Charles Edward Berry
- United States rock singer (born in 1931)
- Charles Edward Ives
- United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)
- Charles Evans Hughes
- United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948)
- Charles Farrar Browne
- United States writer of humorous tales of an itinerant showman (1834-1867)
- Charles Follen McKim
- United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909)
- Charles Francis Hall
- United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)
- Charles Francois Gounod
- French composer best remembered for his operas (1818-1893)
- Charles Franklin Kettering
- United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958)
- Charles Frederick Menninger
- United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953)
- Charles Frederick Worth
- French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895)
- Charles Goodyear
- United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860)
- Charles Hard Townes
- United States physicist who developed the laser and maser principles for producing high-intensity radiation (1915-)
- Charles Hardin Holley
- United States rock star (1936-1959)
- Charles Henry Harrod
- English merchant who took over a shop in London that was expanded by his son into a prestigious department store (1800-1885)
- Charles Herbert Best
- Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
- Charles II
- King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685)
- Charles IX
- King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
- Charles James Fox
- English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)
- Charles John Huffam Dickens
- English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)
- Charles Joseph Clark
- Canadian politician who served as prime minister (1939-)
- Charles Kay Ogden
- English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)
- Charles Lamb
- English essayist (1775-1834)
- Charles Laughton
- United States film actor (born in England) (1899-1962)
- Charles Liston
- United States prizefighter who lost his world heavyweight championship to Cassius Clay in 1964 (1932-1970)
- Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
- nephew of Napoleon I and emperor of the French from 1852 to 1871 (1808-1873)
- Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
- English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
- Charles Martin Hall
- United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)
- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
- French statesman (1754-1838)
- Charles Munroe Schulz
- United States cartoonist whose comic strip included the beagle Snoopy (1922-2000)
- Charles Pierre Baudelaire
- a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867)
- Charles Proteus Steinmetz
- United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Germany) (1865-1923)
- Charles Ringling
- United States showman whose song-and-dance troop evolved into a circus (1863-1926)
- Charles Robert Darwin
- English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
- Charles Robert Redford
- United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936)
- Charles Sanders Peirce
- United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914)
- Charles Stewart Parnell
- Irish nationalist leader (1846-1891)
- Charles Stuart
- son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649)
- Charles Taze Russell
- United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)
- Charles the Bald
- as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
- Charles the Great
- king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
- Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
- Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)
- Charles VII
- King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461)
- Charles Wesley
- English clergyman and brother of John Wesley who wrote many hymns (1707-1788)
- Charles Wilkes
- United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877)
- Charles William Post
- United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
- Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman
- United States feminist (1860-1935)
- Charlotte Bronte
- English novelist; oldest of three Bronte sisters (1816-1855)
- charmer
- someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
- Charon
- (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades
- charter member
- one of the original members when an organization was founded
- chartered accountant
- a British or Canadian accountant who is a member of a professional body that has a royal charter
- Chartist
- a 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people
- chartist
- a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities
- chased
- a person who is being chased
- chaser
- a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
- Chassid
- a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism
- chatelaine
- the mistress of a chateau or large country house
- chauffeur
- a man paid to drive a privately owned car
- chauffeuse
- a woman chauffeur
- chauvinist
- a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind
- chauvinist
- an extreme bellicose nationalist
- cheap-jack
- a seller of shoddy goods
- cheapjack
- a peddler of inferior goods
- cheapskate
- a miserly person
- chebab
- a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis
- Chechen
- a native or inhabitant of Chechnya
- check girl
- a female checker
- checker
- one who checks the correctness of something
- checker
- an attendant who checks coats or baggage
- cheerer
- a spectator who shouts encouragement
- cheerleader
- someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event
- cheerleader
- an enthusiastic and vocal supporter
- cheesemonger
- someone who sells cheese
- chef
- a professional cook
- chela
- a Hindu disciple of a swami
- chemist
- a scientist who specializes in chemistry
- Cheops
- Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza
- Cheremiss
- a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia
- Cherokee
- a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma
- cherub
- a sweet innocent baby
- chess master
- a chess player of great skill
- chess player
- someone who plays the game of chess
- Chester Alan Arthur
- elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
- Chester William Nimitz
- United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966)
- Chevalier de Bayard
- French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524)
- chewer
- someone who chews (especially someone who chews tobacco)
- Cheyenne
- a member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana)
- Chiang Chung-cheng
- Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975)
- Chicano
- a person of Mexican descent
- Chichewa
- a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe
- chichi
- someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way
- Chickasaw
- a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi
- chicken
- a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
- Chief Constable
- the head of the police force in a county (or similar area)
- Chief Joseph
- leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
- chief justice
- the judge who presides over a supreme court
- chief of staff
- the senior officer of a service of the armed forces
- chief of state
- the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
- chief petty officer
- a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank
- Chief Secretary
- a member of the British Cabinet
- chief
- the head of a tribe or clan
- chief
- a person who is in charge
- child
- a member of a clan or tribe
- child molester
- a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner
- child prodigy
- a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age
- child
- a young person of either sex
- child
- a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
- Chilean
- a native or inhabitant of Chile
- chiliast
- a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity)
- Chiluba
- a member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo
- Chimakum
- a member of the Salishan people living in northwestern Washington
- Chimariko
- a member of an extinct North American Indian people formerly living in California
- chimneysweep
- someone who cleans soot from chimneys
- Chinaman
- (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
- Chinese
- a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China
- Chinook
- a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes
- Chipewyan
- a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay
- Chippewa
- a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior
- chiromancer
- fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms
- chiropodist
- a specialist in care for the feet
- chiropractor
- a therapist who practices chiropractic
- chiseler
- a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
- chit
- a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect
- Chloe Anthony Wofford
- United States writer whose novels describe the lives of African-Americans (born in 1931)
- Choctaw
- a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama
- choirboy
- a boy who sings in a choir
- choker
- an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation
- choker
- someone who kills by strangling
- chooser
- a person who chooses or selects out
- choragus
- (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus
- choreographer
- someone who creates new dances
- chorine
- a woman who dances in a chorus line
- chorister
- a singer in a choir
- chosen
- one who is the object of choice; who is given preference
- christ
- any expected deliverer
- Christiaan Eijkman
- Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930)
- Christiaan Huygens
- Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695)
- Christian
- a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
- Christian Dior
- French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style that became known as the New Look (1905-1957)
- Christian Friedrich Hebbel
- German dramatist (1813-1863)
- Christian Friedrich Schonbein
- German chemist who discovered ozone and developed guncotton as a propellant in firearms (1799-1868)
- Christian Johann Doppler
- Austrian physicist famous for his discovery of the Doppler effect (1803-1853)
- Christian Scientist
- a member of the Protestant church founded in the United States by Mary Baker Eddy
- Christine Marie Evert
- United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954)
- Christoph Willibald von Gluck
- German composer of more than 100 operas (1714-1787)
- Christopher Carson
- United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868)
- Christopher Columbus
- Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
- Christopher Fry
- English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)
- Christopher Marlowe
- English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593)
- Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood
- United States writer (born in England) whose best known novels portray Berlin in the 1930's and who collaborated with W. H. Auden in writing plays in verse (1904-1986)
- chronicler
- someone who writes chronicles
- Chuang-tzu
- 4th-century Chinese philosopher on whose teachings Lao-tse based Taoism
- Chukchi
- a member of an indigenous people living on the Chukchi Peninsula
- chump
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- church member
- a religious person who goes to church regularly
- church officer
- a church official
- churchman
- a clergyman or other person in religious orders
- churchwarden
- an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters
- churl
- a bad-tempered person
- churl
- a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
- chutzpanik
- (Yiddish) a person characterized by chutzpa
- Chuvash
- a member of a people of Turkic speech living in the Volga region in eastern Russia
- cicerone
- a guide who conducts and informs sightseers
- Cicily Isabel Fairfield
- British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)
- cigar smoker
- a smoker of cigars
- cigarette smoker
- a smoker of cigarettes
- Cinderella
- a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition
- cipher
- a person of no influence
- Circassian
- a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia
- Circe
- (Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine
- circus acrobat
- an acrobat who performs acrobatic feats in a circus
- Cistercian
- member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence
- citizen
- a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
- city boy
- a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing
- city editor
- the newspaper editor in charge of editing local news
- city father
- an important municipal official
- city man
- a financier who works in one of the banks in the City of London
- city manager
- the head of a city government
- civic leader
- a leader in municipal affairs
- civil authority
- a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs
- civil engineer
- an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)
- civil libertarian
- a libertarian who is actively concerned with the protection of civil liberties
- civil rights activist
- a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
- civil servant
- a public official who is a member of the civil service
- civilian
- a nonmilitary citizen
- Claes Thure Oldenburg
- United States sculptor (born in Sweden); a leader of the pop art movement who was noted for giant sculptures of common objects (born in 1929)
- claim jumper
- one who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim
- claimant
- someone who claims a benefit or right or title
- clairvoyant
- someone who has the power of clairvoyance
- clan member
- a member of a clan
- Clara Josephine Schumann
- German pianist and composer of piano music; renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896)
- Clare Booth Luce
- United States playwright and public official (1902-1987)
- Clarence Malcolm Lowry
- English novelist (1909-1957)
- Clarence Seward Darrow
- United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938)
- Clarence Shepard Day Jr.
- United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935)
- clarinetist
- a musician who plays the clarinet
- class act
- someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence
- class fellow
- an acquaintance that you go to school with
- classic
- an artist who has created classic works
- classical scholar
- a student of ancient Greek and Latin
- classicist
- an artistic person who adheres to classicism
- classifier
- a person who creates classifications
- Claude Achille Debussy
- French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918)
- Claude Bernard
- French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878)
- Claude Elwood Shannon
- United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001)
- Claude Levi-Strauss
- French cultural anthropologist who promoted structural analysis of social systems (born in 1908)
- Claude Monet
- French impressionist painter (1840-1926)
- Claudio Monteverdi
- Italian composer (1567-1643)
- Claudius Ptolemaeus
- Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance
- claustrophobe
- a person suffering from claustrophobia
- cleaner
- someone whose occupation is cleaning
- cleaner
- the operator of dry-cleaning establishment
- Cleanthes
- ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded Zeno of Citium as the leader of the Stoic school (300-232 BC)
- Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier
- United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888)
- Clement Philibert Leo Delibes
- French composer of operas (1836-1891)
- Clement Richard Attlee
- British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967)
- Cleopatra
- beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
- clergyman
- a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
- clericalist
- one who advocates clericalism
- clerk
- an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
- clerk
- a salesperson in a store
- clever Dick
- an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable
- client
- a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
- client
- someone who pays for goods or services
- cliff dweller
- a member of the Anasazi people living in the southwestern United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on ledges in the sides of caves
- Clifford Odets
- United States playwright (1906-1963)
- climatologist
- someone who is expert in climatology
- climber
- someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains
- climber
- someone who ascends on foot
- climber
- someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior
- clinical psychologist
- a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
- clinician
- a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments
- clip artist
- a swindler who fleeces the victim
- Clive Staples Lewis
- English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963)
- cloakmaker
- someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
- clochard
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
- clock watcher
- a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time
- clockmaker
- someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches
- clod
- an awkward stupid person
- clog dancer
- someone who does clog dancing
- clone
- a person who is almost identical to another
- closer
- a person who closes something
- closer
- (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game
- closet queen
- a negative term for a homosexual man who chooses not to reveal his sexual orientation
- clothes designer
- someone who designs clothing
- clothier
- a merchant who sells men's clothing
- cloud seeder
- a person who seeds clouds
- Clovis I
- king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic `Louis' (466-511)
- club member
- someone who is a member of a club
- clumsy person
- a person with poor motor coordination
- Clyde William Tombaugh
- United States astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto (1906-1997)
- CO
- one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience
- co-beneficiary
- one of two or more beneficiaries of the same benefit
- co-discoverer
- someone who is the first of two or more people to discover something
- co-ed
- a female student at a coeducational college or university
- co-star
- one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film
- coach
- (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team
- coach
- a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)
- coachbuilder
- a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles
- coachman
- a man who drives a coach (or carriage)
- coadjutor
- an assistant to a bishop
- coal miner
- someone who works in a coal mine
- coalman
- someone who delivers coal
- coaster
- someone who coasts
- coaster
- a resident of a coastal area
- coastguardsman
- a member of a coastguard
- coauthor
- a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
- coaxer
- someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing
- cobber
- Australian term for a pal
- cobbler
- a person who makes or repairs shoes
- Cochimi
- a member of a North American Indian people living in central Baja California
- Cochise
- Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874)
- Cockney
- a native of the east end of London
- cockscomb
- a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
- cocksucker
- a person who performs fellatio
- coconspirator
- a member of a conspiracy
- Cocopah
- a member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado River
- coddler
- someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
- codefendant
- a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action
- coder
- a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs
- codetalker
- a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II
- codger
- used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man
- Coeur d'Alene
- a member of an Amerindian people living in northern Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake
- coeval
- a person of nearly the same age as another
- cofounder
- one of a group of founders
- cog
- a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
- cognitive neuroscientist
- a cognitive scientist who studies the neurophysiological foundations of mental phenomena
- cognitive scientist
- a scientist who studies cognitive processes
- cognoscente
- an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts
- coiffeur
- a man hairdresser
- coiffeuse
- a woman hairdresser
- coin collector
- a collector and student of money (and coins in particular)
- coiner
- someone who is a source of new words or new expressions
- coiner
- a maker of counterfeit coins
- coiner
- a skilled worker who coins or stamps money
- cold fish
- an aloof unemotional person
- Cole Albert Porter
- United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
- Coleman Hawkins
- United States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969)
- Colin luther Powell
- United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)
- collaborationist
- someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
- collaborator
- someone who assists in a plot
- collaborator
- an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest
- colleague
- an associate that one works with
- colleague
- a person who is member of one's class or profession
- collectivist
- a person who belongs to the political left
- collector of internal revenue
- someone who collects taxes for the government
- colleen
- an Irish girl
- college boy
- a student (or former student) at a college or university
- college student
- a student enrolled in a college or university
- Collis Potter Huntington
- United States railroad executive who built the western section of the first United States transcontinental railroad (1821-1900)
- Colombian
- a native or inhabitant of Colombia
- colonel
- a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
- Colonel Blimp
- any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
- colonial
- a resident of a colony
- colonialist
- a believer in colonialism
- coloniser
- someone who helps to found a colony
- colonist
- a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
- color bearer
- the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle
- color guard
- a ceremonial escort for the (regimental) colors
- color sergeant
- a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors
- color-blind person
- a person unable to distinguish differences in hue
- Coloradan
- a native or resident of Colorado
- coloratura
- a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music
- colorist
- a painter able to achieve special effects with color
- Colossian
- a native or inhabitant of the city of Colossae in ancient Phrygia
- columnist
- a journalist who writes editorials
- Comanche
- a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma
- combat pilot
- airplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forces
- comber
- a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
- comedian
- an actor in a comedy
- comedian
- a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
- comedienne
- a female comedian
- comedienne
- a female actor in a comedy
- comer
- someone with a promising future
- Comer Vann Woodward
- United States historian (1908-1999)
- comfort woman
- a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II
- comforter
- a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
- command sergeant major
- a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army
- commandant
- an officer in command of a military unit
- commander
- someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others
- commander
- a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
- commander in chief
- the officer who holds the supreme command
- commando
- a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
- commentator
- an expert who observes and comments on something
- commentator
- a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
- commercial artist
- an illustrator who is supported by advertising
- commie
- a socialist who advocates communism
- commissar
- an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
- commissionaire
- a uniformed doorman
- commissioned military officer
- a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps
- commissioned naval officer
- a commissioned officer in the navy
- commissioned officer
- a military officer holding a commission
- commissioner
- a government administrator
- commissioner
- a member of a commission
- committee member
- a member of a committee
- committeeman
- a man who is a member of committee
- committeewoman
- a woman who is a member of a committee
- commodore
- a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral
- common man
- a person who holds no title
- common scold
- someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
- communicant
- a person entitled to receive Communion
- communicator
- a person who communicates with others
- Communist
- a member of the communist party
- commuter
- someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city
- companion
- one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
- companion
- a traveler who accompanies you
- company man
- an employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workers
- company operator
- an operator who works for a company
- comparative anatomist
- anatomist who compares the anatomy of different animals
- compatriot
- a person from your own country
- compeer
- a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- compere
- British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc
- compiler
- a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
- complainant
- a person who brings an action in a court of law
- complexifier
- someone makes things complex
- composer
- someone who composes music as a profession
- compositor
- one who sets written material into type
- compromiser
- a negotiator willing to compromise
- Comptroller General
- a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government
- Comptroller of the Currency
- a United States federal official who regulates the national banks
- compulsive
- a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things
- computational linguist
- someone trained in computer science and linguistics who uses computers for natural language processing
- computer expert
- an authority on computers and computing
- computer scientist
- a scientist who specializes in the theory of computation and the design of computers
- computer user
- a person who uses computers for work or entertainment or communication or business
- Comrade
- a fellow member of the Communist Party
- Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade
- French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814)
- Comtesse Du Barry
- courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793)
- con artist
- a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim
- con
- a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- conceiver
- someone who creates new things
- concert-goer
- someone who attends concerts
- concertinist
- a person who plays the concertina
- concessionaire
- someone who holds or operates a concession
- conchologist
- a collector and student of mollusc shells
- concierge
- a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
- conciliator
- someone who tries to bring peace
- concubine
- a woman who cohabits with an important man
- conditioner
- a trainer of athletes
- conductor
- the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
- conductor
- the person who leads a musical group
- conductress
- a woman conductor
- Confederate
- a supporter of the Confederate States of America
- Confederate soldier
- a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
- conferee
- a member of a conference
- conferee
- a person on whom something is bestowed
- conferrer
- someone who converses or confers (as in a conference)
- confessor
- a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
- confessor
- someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
- confidant
- someone to whom private matters are confided
- confidante
- a female confidant
- conformist
- someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters)
- Confucianist
- a believer in the teachings of Confucius
- confuter
- a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument
- Congolese
- a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo
- congregant
- a member of a congregation (especially that of a church or synagogue)
- Congregationalist
- a member of the Congregational Church
- congressman
- a member of the United States House of Representatives
- conjure man
- a witch doctor who practices conjury
- conjurer
- someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
- Connecticuter
- a native or resident of Connecticut
- connection
- a supplier (especially of narcotics)
- connection
- (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
- Conoy
- a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in Maryland between Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac river; allies of the Nanticoke people
- conqueror
- someone who is victorious by force of arms
- conquistador
- an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century)
- Conrad Potter Aiken
- United States writer (1889-1973)
- conscript
- someone who is drafted into military service
- conservationist
- someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution
- Conservative
- a member of a Conservative Party
- Conservative Jew
- Jew who keeps some requirements of Mosaic law but adapts others to suit modern circumstances
- conservative
- a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
- conservator
- someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person
- conservator
- the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
- consignee
- the person to whom merchandise is delivered over
- consigner
- the person who delivers over or commits merchandise
- consort
- the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- constable
- a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
- constable
- a police officer of the lowest rank
- Constantin Brancusi
- Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957)
- constituent
- a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
- constitutionalist
- an advocate of constitutional government
- construction worker
- a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.
- constructivist
- an artist of the school of constructivism
- consul
- a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
- consumer
- a person who uses goods or services
- consumptive
- a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
- contact
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
- contadino
- an Italian farmer
- Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
- Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)
- contemplative
- a person devoted to the contemplative life
- contestant
- a person who participates in competitions
- contestant
- a person who dissents from some established policy
- contestee
- a winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested
- contester
- someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.)
- contortionist
- an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions
- Contra
- a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua
- contrabandist
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- contractor
- someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
- contractor
- (law) a party to a contract
- contractor
- the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
- contralto
- a woman singer having a contralto voice
- contrapuntist
- a composer who specializes in counterpoint
- contrarian
- an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors
- contributor
- a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book
- contributor
- someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
- contriver
- a person who makes plans
- control freak
- someone with a compulsive desire to exert control over situations and people
- controller
- a person who directs and restrains
- controversialist
- a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
- convalescent
- a person who is recovering from illness
- convener
- the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings
- conventioneer
- someone who attends a convention
- convergent thinker
- a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution
- conversational partner
- a person who takes part in a conversation
- conversationalist
- someone skilled at conversation
- Converso
- (medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion
- convert
- a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- conveyancer
- a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties
- conveyer
- a person who conveys (carries or transmits)
- convict
- a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
- cook
- someone who cooks food
- cookie
- the cook on a ranch or at a camp
- coolie
- (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer
- coon
- an eccentric or undignified rustic
- coordinator
- someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously
- copartner
- a joint partner (as in a business enterprise)
- copilot
- a relief pilot on an airplane
- copper's nark
- an informer or spy working for the police
- coppersmith
- someone who makes articles from copper
- Copt
- an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians
- Copt
- a member of the Coptic Church
- copy editor
- an editor who prepares text for publication
- copyist
- someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
- copywriter
- a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy
- coquette
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- Cordell Hull
- United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)
- cordon bleu
- a chef famous for his great skill
- coreligionist
- someone having the same religion as another person
- corespondent
- the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding
- Corinthian
- a resident of Corinth
- Corinthian
- a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
- Cornelia Otis Skinner
- United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979)
- Cornelius Jansenius
- a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638)
- Cornelius Vanderbilt
- United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)
- corner man
- a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor
- cornerback
- a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers
- cornetist
- a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
- cornhusker
- a worker who husks corn
- Cornhusker
- a native or resident of Nebraska
- Cornishman
- a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- Cornishwoman
- a woman who is a native or resident of Cornwall
- coroner
- a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes
- corporal
- a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
- corporatist
- a supporter of corporatism
- correspondent
- someone who communicates by means of letters
- correspondent
- a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
- cosignatory
- one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration)
- cosigner
- a signer in addition to the principal signer (to verify the authenticity of the principal signature or to provide surety)
- Cosimo the Elder
- Italian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464)
- cosmetic surgeon
- a surgeon who beautifies the body (especially the face)
- cosmetician
- someone who sells or applies cosmetics
- cosmetologist
- an expert in the use of cosmetics
- cosmographer
- a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography
- cosmologist
- an astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe
- cosmopolitan
- a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
- Cossack
- a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia
- cost accountant
- a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production
- Costa Rican
- a native or inhabitant of Costa Rica
- Costanoan
- a member of a North American Indian people living in coastal California between Monterey and San Francisco Bay
- costume designer
- someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade)
- cotenant
- one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property
- cottage dweller
- someone who lives in a cottage
- cottar
- a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
- cotter
- a medieval English villein
- couch potato
- an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)
- council member
- a member of a council
- councilman
- a man who is a council member
- councilwoman
- a woman who is a council member
- Counsel to the Crown
- a barrister selected to serve as counsel to the British ruler
- counsellor
- someone who gives advice about problems
- counsellor
- someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp
- count
- a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
- Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
- Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795)
- Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
- German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)
- Count Lev Nikolayevitch Tolstoy
- Russian author remembered for two great novels (1828-1910)
- Count Maurice Maeterlinck
- Belgian playwright (1862-1949)
- Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf
- German theologian (1700-1760)
- count palatine
- a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain
- counter
- a person who counts things
- counterdemonstrator
- someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration
- counterfeiter
- someone who makes copies illegally
- counterman
- someone who attends a counter (as in a diner)
- counterrevolutionary
- a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution
- counterspy
- a spy who works against enemy espionage
- countertenor
- a male singer with a voice above that of a tenor
- counterterrorist
- someone who attempts to prevent terrorism
- countess
- female equivalent of a count or earl
- country doctor
- a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital
- countryman
- a man from your own country
- countryman
- a man who lives in the country and has country ways
- countrywoman
- a woman who lives in the country and has country ways
- countrywoman
- a woman from your own country
- coureur de bois
- a French Canadian trapper
- courier
- a person who carries a message
- courser
- a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey
- courtier
- an attendant at the court of a sovereign
- cousin
- the child of your aunt or uncle
- cover girl
- a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
- cow
- a large unpleasant woman
- coward
- a person who shows fear or timidity
- cowboy
- someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)
- cowboy
- a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
- cowgirl
- a woman cowboy
- cox
- the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew
- coyote
- a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)
- coyote
- someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border)
- CPA
- an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state
- crab
- a quarrelsome grouch
- crack shot
- someone skilled in shooting
- cracker
- a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things
- cracker
- a poor White person in the southern United States
- crackerjack
- someone excellent of their kind
- crackpot
- a whimsically eccentric person
- cracksman
- a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
- crafter
- a creator of great skill in the manual arts
- craftsman
- a professional whose work is consistently of high quality
- cragsman
- a climber of vertical rock faces
- crammer
- a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations
- crammer
- a student who crams
- craniologist
- someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull
- crap-shooter
- a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps
- crapshooter
- a gambler who plays the game of craps
- crasher
- someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying
- craven
- an abject coward
- crawler
- a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
- crazy
- someone deranged and possibly dangerous
- creative thinker
- an important intellectual
- creator
- a person who grows or makes or invents things
- creature
- a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
- creature
- a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
- credit analyst
- an analyst who studies the financial statements and financial history of applicants for credit in order to evaluate their creditworthiness
- creditor
- a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
- Cree
- a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada
- Creek
- any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
- creep
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- Creole
- a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana)
- Creole
- a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America
- Cretan
- a native or inhabitant of Crete
- crew member
- a member of a flight crew
- crewman
- a member of a work crew
- crewman
- any member of a ship's crew
- cricketer
- an athlete who plays cricket
- crier
- a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells
- crier
- (formerly) an official who made public announcements
- crier
- a person who weeps
- criminal
- someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- criminologist
- a specialist in criminology
- crimp
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
- criollo
- a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish)
- cripple
- someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
- Cristobal Balenciaga
- Spanish fashion designer known for his stark elegant designs (1895-1972)
- critic
- someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments
- critic
- anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
- critic
- a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
- critter sitter
- someone left in charge of pets while their owners are away from home
- Croatian
- a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia
- Croesus
- a very wealthy man
- Croesus
- last king of Lydia (died in 546 BC)
- crofter
- an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain
- crookback
- a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
- cropper
- small farmers and tenants
- cross-dresser
- someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex
- cross-examiner
- someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier)
- crossbencher
- a member of the House of Commons who does not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition
- crossing guard
- someone who helps people (especially children) at a traffic crossing
- crossover
- a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
- croupier
- someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
- Crow
- a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
- crown prince
- a male heir apparent to a throne
- crown princess
- a female heir apparent to a throne
- crown princess
- the wife of a crown prince
- crowned head
- a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
- cruiserweight
- a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds
- Crusader
- a warrior who engages in a holy war
- crusader
- a disputant who advocates reform
- cryptanalyst
- decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
- crystallographer
- a specialist in crystallography
- Cub Scout
- a junior Boy Scout
- cub
- an awkward and inexperienced youth
- cub
- a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
- Cuban
- a native or inhabitant of Cuba
- cubist
- an artist who adheres to the principles of cubism
- cuckold
- a man whose wife committed adultery
- cuirassier
- a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
- culprit
- someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
- cultist
- a member of a religious cult
- cultist
- a member of an unorthodox cult who generally lives outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader
- cultural anthropologist
- an anthropologist who studies such cultural phenomena as kinship systems
- cultural attache
- an attache who is a specialist in cultural matters
- cunctator
- someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
- cupbearer
- the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
- cur
- a cowardly and despicable person
- curandera
- a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans
- curandero
- a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans
- curate
- a person authorized to conduct religious worship
- curmudgeon
- a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
- currier
- a craftsman who curries leather for use
- custodian
- one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
- customer agent
- a foreign purchaser who buys goods outright for resale
- cut-up
- someone who plays practical jokes on others
- cutler
- a dealer in cutlery
- cutpurse
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- cutter
- someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)
- cutter
- someone who cuts or carves stone
- cutthroat
- someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
- cybernaut
- a computer user who uses the internet; someone who explores cyberspace
- cyberpunk
- a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
- cyberpunk
- a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
- cymbalist
- a performer on the cymbals
- Cynewulf
- Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century)
- Cynic
- a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control
- cynic
- someone who is critical of the motives of others
- Cypriote
- a native or inhabitant of Cyprus
- Cyril Lodowic Burt
- English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971)
- Cyril Northcote Parkinson
- British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993)
- Cyrus Hall McCormick
- United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884)
- Cyrus the Elder
- king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC)
- Cyrus the Younger
- Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC)
- cytogeneticist
- a geneticist who specializes in the cellular components associated with heredity
- cytologist
- a biologist who studies the structure and function of cells
- czar
- a person having great power
- Czar Alexander III
- son of Alexander II who was czar of Russia (1845-1894)
- Czar Nicholas I
- czar of Russia from 1825 to 1855 who led Russia into the Crimean War (1796-1855)
- czar
- a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
- czarina
- the wife or widow of a czar
- Czech
- a native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic
- Czechoslovakian
- a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia
- DA
- an official prosecutor for a judicial district
- dabbler
- an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
- dacoit
- a member of an armed gang of robbers
- dad
- an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold
- Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961)
- dairy farmer
- the owner or manager of a dairy
- dairymaid
- a woman who works in a dairy
- dairyman
- a man who works in a dairy
- Dakota
- a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux
- Dale Carnegie
- United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955)
- dalesman
- a person who lives in the dales of northern England
- dallier
- someone who wastes time
- Dalmatian
- a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia
- Dalton Trumbo
- United States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976)
- Damascene
- a native or inhabitant of Damascus
- Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
- prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976)
- Dame Alice Ellen Terry
- English actress (1847-1928)
- Dame Barbara Hepworth
- British sculptor (1902-1975)
- Dame Daphne du Maurier
- English writer of melodramatic novels (1907-1989)
- Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell
- English poet (1887-1964)
- Dame Jean Iris Murdoch
- British writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her novels (1919-1999)
- Dame Joan Sutherland
- Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926)
- Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa
- New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944)
- Dame Margot Fonteyn
- English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919)
- Dame Myra Hess
- English pianist (1890-1965)
- Dame Sybil Thorndike
- English actress (1882-1976)
- dame
- a woman of refinement
- Damocles
- the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)
- damoiselle
- a young unmarried woman
- Damon
- the friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC)
- Damon and Pythias
- (Greek mythology) according to a Greek legend: when Pythias was sentenced to be executed Damon took his place to allow Pythias to get his affairs in order; when Pythias returned in time to save Damon the king was so impressed that he let them both live
- dance master
- a professional teacher of dancing
- dancer
- a performer who dances professionally
- dancer
- a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)
- dancing partner
- one of a pair of people who dance together
- Dane
- a native or inhabitant of Denmark
- Daniel
- a wise and upright judge
- Daniel
- (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
- Daniel Bernoulli
- Swiss physicist who contributed to hydrodynamics and mathematical physics (1700-1782)
- Daniel Boone
- an American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820)
- Daniel Chester French
- United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931)
- Daniel Defoe
- English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731)
- Daniel Garrison Brinton
- United States anthropologist who was the first to attempt a systematic classification of Native American languages (1837-1899)
- Daniel Hudson Burnham
- United States architect who designed the first important skyscraper with a skeleton (1846-1912)
- Daniel Jones
- English phonetician (1881-1967)
- Daniel Morgan
- soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802)
- Daniel Ortega Saavedra
- Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945)
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
- United States politician and educator (1927-2003)
- Daniel Rutherford
- British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819)
- Daniel Webster
- United States politician and orator (1782-1817)
- danseur
- a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina
- Dante Alighieri
- an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- English poet and painter who was a leader of the Pre-Raphaelites (1828-1882)
- Danton True Young
- United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
- Dardanian
- a native of ancient Troy
- daredevil
- a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
- Darius III
- king of Persia who was defeated by Alexander the Great; his murder effectively ended the Persian Empire (died in 330 BC)
- Darius Milhaud
- French composer of works that combine jazz and polytonality and Brazilian music (1892-1974)
- Darius the Great
- king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC)
- dark horse
- a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly
- darling
- a special loved one
- darner
- a person who mends by darning
- Darryl Francis Zanuck
- United States filmmaker whose works include the first full-length feature film with sound sequences (1902-1979)
- dart player
- someone who plays the game of darts
- Darwinian
- an advocate of Darwinism
- dastard
- a despicable coward
- date
- a participant in a date
- dauber
- an unskilled painter
- daughter
- a female human offspring
- daughter-in-law
- the wife of your son
- dauphin
- formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne
- David
- (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC)
- David Alfaro Siqueiros
- Mexican painter of murals depicting protest and revolution (1896-1974)
- David Barnard Steinman
- United States civil engineer noted for designing suspension bridges (including the George Washington Bridge) (1886-1960)
- David Ben Gurion
- Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II; prime minister of Israel (1886-1973)
- David Crockett
- United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
- David Garrick
- English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779)
- David Glasgow Farragut
- United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870)
- David Hartley
- English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
- David Herbert Lawrence
- English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)
- David Hilbert
- German mathematician (1862-1943)
- David Hubel
- United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926)
- David Hume
- Scottish philosopher skeptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776)
- David John Moore Cornwell
- English writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931)
- David Lewelyn Wark Griffith
- United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948)
- David Livingstone
- Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873)
- David Mamet
- United States playwright (born in 1947)
- David Oliver Selznick
- United States filmmaker noted for his film adaptations of popular novels (1902-1965)
- David Ricardo
- English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823)
- David Riesman Jr.
- United States sociologist (1909-2002)
- David Rittenhouse
- United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America; also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796)
- David Roland Smith
- United States sculptor (1906-1965)
- David Sarnoff
- United States businessman who pioneered in radio and television broadcasting (1891-1971)
- dawdler
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- day boarder
- a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home
- day laborer
- a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
- dayboy
- a day boarder who is a boy
- daydreamer
- someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming
- daygirl
- a day boarder who is a girl
- deacon
- a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders
- deaconess
- a woman deacon
- dead person
- someone who is no longer alive
- deadbeat dad
- a father who willfully defaults on his obligation to provide financial support for his offspring
- deadbeat
- someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
- deadeye
- a dead shot
- deadhead
- a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
- deaf person
- a person with a severe auditory impairment
- deaf-and-dumb person
- a deaf person who is unable to speak
- dealer
- the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game
- dealer
- a seller of illicit goods
- dealer
- the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
- dean
- an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
- dean
- (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals
- Dean Gooderham Acheson
- United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and helped establish NATO (1893-1971)
- dean
- a man who is the senior member of a group
- dear
- a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
- deb
- a young woman making her debut into society
- debaser
- a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)
- debauchee
- a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
- debaucher
- someone who assaults others sexually
- debitor
- a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
- decadent
- a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
- Decimus Junius Juvenalis
- Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)
- decipherer
- a reader capable of reading and interpreting illegible or obscure text
- decipherer
- the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text
- Decius
- Emperor of Rome who was proclaimed emperor against his will; his reign was notable for his severe persecution of Christians (201-251)
- deckhand
- a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor
- decorator
- a person who specializes in interior decoration
- decorator
- someone who decorates
- decoy
- a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
- deep-sea diver
- a diver in the deeper parts of the sea
- deer hunter
- hunter of deer
- defalcator
- someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
- defaulter
- a contestant who forfeits a match
- defaulter
- someone who fails to make a required appearance in court
- defeatist
- someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
- defecator
- a person who defecates
- defector
- a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
- defendant
- a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
- defender
- a person who cares for persons or property
- defender
- a fighter who holds out against attack
- defense attorney
- the lawyer representing the defendant
- defense contractor
- a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense
- defiler
- a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment
- degenerate
- a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- deification
- an embodiment of the qualities of a god
- deipnosophist
- someone skilled at informal chitchat
- deist
- a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it
- Delaware
- a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania
- Delawarian
- a native or resident of Delaware
- delayer
- a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late
- delegate
- a person appointed or elected to represent others
- Delilah
- a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
- Delilah
- (Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength
- delinquent
- a young offender
- deliverer
- a person who gives up or transfers money or goods
- deliverer
- someone employed to make deliveries
- deliverer
- a person who rescues you from harm or danger
- demagog
- a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
- demander
- a person who makes demands
- Demetrius Poliorcetes
- son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC)
- demimondaine
- a female prostitute
- democrat
- an advocate of democratic principles
- Democrat
- a member of the Democratic Party
- Democritus
- Greek philosopher who developed an atomistic theory of matter (460-370 BC)
- demographer
- a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics
- demon
- someone extremely diligent or skillful
- demon
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- demoniac
- someone who acts as if possessed by a demon
- demonstrator
- a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught
- demonstrator
- someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
- demonstrator
- someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer
- Demosthenes
- Athenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC)
- den mother
- a woman who supervises a den of Cub Scouts
- den mother
- someone who plays the role of a den mother
- denier
- one who denies
- Denis Diderot
- French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France; principal editor of an encyclopedia that disseminated the scientific and philosophical knowledge of the time (1713-1784)
- denizen
- a person who inhabits a particular place
- Denmark Vesey
- United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822)
- Dennis Gabor
- British physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on holography (1900-1979)
- dental assistant
- an assistant to a dentist
- dental hygienist
- someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays)
- dental practitioner
- a person qualified to practice dentistry
- dental surgeon
- a dentist qualified to perform surgical procedures
- dental technician
- someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures)
- departer
- someone who leaves
- department head
- the head of a department
- dependant
- a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
- deponent
- a person who testifies or gives a deposition
- deportee
- a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
- depositor
- a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution
- depreciator
- one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
- depressive
- someone suffering psychological depression
- deputy
- a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
- deputy
- someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
- deputy
- an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
- deputy
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
- derelict
- a person without a home, job, or property
- dermatologist
- a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin
- dervish
- an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
- descendant
- a person considered as descended from some ancestor
- descender
- someone who descends
- Desiderius Erasmus
- Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)
- designated driver
- the member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive home
- designated hitter
- a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher
- designer
- someone who specializes in graphic design
- designer
- a person who specializes in interior design
- designer
- a person who devises plots or intrigues
- desk clerk
- a hotel receptionist
- desk officer
- a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
- desk sergeant
- the police sergeant on duty in a police station
- Desmond Tutu
- South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)
- desperado
- a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
- desperate
- a person who is frightened and in need of help
- despoiler
- someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
- destiny
- the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
- destroyer
- a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
- detainee
- some held in custody
- detective
- an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
- detective
- a police officer who investigates crimes
- determinist
- anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
- deus ex machina
- any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty
- developer
- someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use)
- deviationist
- an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
- devil worshiper
- someone who worships devils
- devil's advocate
- someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument
- devil
- a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
- devisee
- someone to whom property (especially realty) is devised by will
- devisor
- someone who devises real property in a will
- devourer
- someone who eats greedily or voraciously
- DeWitt Clinton
- United States politician who as governor of New York supported the project to build the Erie Canal (1769-1828)
- Dhegiha
- any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages
- diabetic
- someone who has diabetes
- diagnostician
- a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
- dialectician
- a logician skilled in dialectic
- diarist
- someone who keeps a diary or journal
- dichromat
- a person with any of the various forms of dichromacy
- Dick Turpin
- English highwayman (1706-1739)
- dick
- someone who is a detective
- dictator
- a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
- dictator
- a ruler who is unconstrained by law
- Dido
- (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas
- Diego Rivera
- socialist Mexican painter of murals (1886-1957)
- Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez
- Spanish painter (1599-1660)
- Diegueno
- a member of a North American Indian people of southern California
- diehard
- one who adheres to traditional views
- diemaker
- someone who makes dies
- dieter
- a person who diets
- dietician
- a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world; an active opponent of Nazism, he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald and later executed (1906-1945)
- differentiator
- a person who (or that which) differentiates
- digger
- a laborer who digs
- dimwit
- a stupid incompetent person
- diner
- a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)
- dingbat
- a silly empty-headed person
- dining companion
- someone you dine with
- dining-room attendant
- someone employed to provide service in a dining room
- Dino Paul Crocetti
- United States singer (1917-1995)
- diocesan
- a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese
- Diogenes
- an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC)
- Dionysius the Elder
- the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC)
- Diophantus
- Greek mathematician who was the first to try to develop an algebraic notation (3rd century)
- diplomat
- a person who deals tactfully with others
- diplomat
- an official engaged in international negotiations
- diplomate
- medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group
- diplomatic minister
- a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
- director
- member of a board of directors
- Director of Central Intelligence
- the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- director of research
- a supervisor in a research center
- director
- the person who directs the making of a film
- director
- someone who controls resources and expenditures
- director
- someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
- dirt ball
- a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
- dirty old man
- a middle-aged man with lecherous inclinations
- disagreeable person
- a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
- disagreeable woman
- a woman who is an unpleasant person
- disarmer
- someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
- disburser
- someone who spends money to purchase goods or services
- disciplinarian
- someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
- discoverer
- someone who is the first to observe something
- discussant
- a participant in a formal discussion
- diseased person
- a person suffering from an illness
- disentangler
- a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state
- dishwasher
- someone who washes dishes
- disinfestation officer
- a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin
- dispatch rider
- a messenger who carries military dispatches (usually on a motorcycle)
- dispatcher
- employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service
- dispatcher
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
- dispenser
- a person who dispenses
- disreputable person
- someone lacking public esteem
- dissembler
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
- disseminator
- someone who spreads the news
- distiller
- someone who distills alcoholic liquors
- distortionist
- a painter who introduces distortions
- distributer
- someone who markets merchandise
- district manager
- a manager who supervises the sales activity for a district
- disturber
- a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion
- ditch digger
- a laborer who digs ditches
- diva
- a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
- diver
- someone who works underwater
- diver
- someone who dives (into water)
- divergent thinker
- a thinker who moves away from the problem as stated and often has novel ideas and solutions
- diversionist
- someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
- divider
- a person who separates something into parts or groups
- divider
- a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics
- diviner
- someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers
- divorce lawyer
- a lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment
- divorced man
- a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife
- divorcee
- a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband
- dizygotic twin
- either of two twins who developed from two separate fertilized eggs
- DJ
- a person who announces and plays popular recorded music
- Djiboutian
- a native or inhabitant of Djibouti
- Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich
- Russian composer best known for his fifteen symphonies (1906-1975)
- Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev
- Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements (1834-1907)
- do-gooder
- someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
- docent
- a teacher at some universities
- dock worker
- a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
- Doctor of the Church
- (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching
- doctrinaire
- a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
- dodderer
- one who dodders from old age and weakness
- dodger
- a shifty deceptive person
- dodo
- someone whose style is out of fashion
- dog
- informal term for a man
- dog catcher
- an employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats
- dog in the manger
- someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for
- dog
- a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
- doge
- formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
- dogfighter
- a fighter pilot who engages in an aerial dogfights
- dogsbody
- a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do
- dolichocephalic
- an adult with a long narrow head
- dolt
- a person who is not very bright
- Domenikos Theotocopoulos
- Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614)
- domestic partner
- a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship
- domestic prelate
- (Roman Catholic Church) a priest who is an honorary member of the papal household
- domestic
- a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
- dominatrix
- a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship)
- domine
- a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson
- Domingo de Guzman
- (Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221)
- Dominican
- a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic
- Don
- a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
- Don Juan
- any successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman)
- Don Juan
- a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas
- Don Luchino Visconti Conte di Modrone
- Italian filmmaker (1906-1976)
- Don Quixote
- any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero)
- don't-know
- a person who responds `I don't know' in a public opinion poll
- don
- the head of an organized crime family
- don
- teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
- Donald Arthur Glaser
- United States physicist who invented the bubble chamber to study subatomic particles (born in 1926)
- Donald Barthelme
- United States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989)
- Donald Robert Perry Marquis
- humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)
- Donatist
- an adherent of Donatism
- Donato d'Agnolo Bramante
- great Italian architect of the High Renaissance in Italy (1444-1514)
- Donato di Betto Bardi
- Florentine sculptor famous for his lifelike sculptures (1386-1466)
- donna
- an Italian woman of rank
- donor
- (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)
- door guard
- someone who guards an entrance
- doorkeeper
- the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
- doorkeeper
- an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
- doormat
- a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
- Dorian
- a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
- Doris May Lessing
- English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)
- dork
- a dull stupid fatuous person
- Dorothea Lange
- United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965)
- Dorothea Lynde Dix
- United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887)
- Dorothy Leigh Sayers
- English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957)
- Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin
- English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)
- Dorothy Rothschild Parker
- United States writer noted for her sharp wit (1893-1967)
- dosser
- someone who sleeps in any convenient place
- dotard
- an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect
- double agent
- a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries
- double dipper
- someone who draws two incomes from the government (usually by combining a salary and a pension)
- double
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- double
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- doubter
- someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
- doubting Thomas
- someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place)
- doughboy
- an American infantryman in World War I
- Douglas Elton Fairbanks
- United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939)
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
- United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000)
- Douglas MacArthur
- United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964)
- Douglas Moore
- United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969)
- dove
- someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations
- dowager
- a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
- Down Easter
- a native or resident of Maine
- down-and-out
- a person who is destitute
- dowser
- someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water
- doyenne
- a woman who is the senior member of a group
- DP
- a person forced to flee from home or country
- Dr.
- a licensed medical practitioner
- Dr.
- a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution
- Draco
- Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC)
- draft dodger
- someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve
- drafter
- a writer of a draft
- draftsman
- a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines
- draftsman
- an artist skilled at drawing
- dragger
- someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something
- dragoman
- an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government)
- dragon
- a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
- dragoon
- a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
- drama critic
- a critic of theatrical performances
- dramatist
- someone who writes plays
- draper
- a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)
- Dravidian
- a member of one of the aboriginal inhabitants of India
- drawee
- the person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment
- drawer
- the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else
- drawler
- someone who speaks with a drawl
- dreamer
- someone who is dreaming
- dreamer
- a person who escapes into a world of fantasy
- dreamer
- someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations
- Dred Scott
- United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858)
- dresser
- a person who dresses in a particular way
- dressmaker's model
- someone who models dresses
- dressmaker
- someone who makes or mends dresses
- dribbler
- a basketball player who is dribbling the ball to advance it
- dribbler
- a person who dribbles
- drill instructor
- a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline
- drinker
- a person who drinks liquids
- drinker
- a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
- driveller
- someone whose talk is trivial drivel
- driver
- the operator of a motor vehicle
- driver
- a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
- driver
- someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
- dropkicker
- a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground
- dropout
- someone who quits school before graduation
- dropout
- someone who withdraws from a social group or environment
- drover
- someone who drives a herd
- drudge
- a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
- drudge
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- drug baron
- a person who controls an organization dealing in illegal drugs
- drug dealer
- an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
- Druid
- a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland
- drum major
- the leader of a marching band or drum corps
- drum majorette
- a female drum major
- drum majorette
- a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band
- drumbeater
- a fervent and even militant proponent of something
- drummer
- someone who plays a drum
- drunk
- someone who is intoxicated
- drunk
- a chronic drinker
- drunk-and-disorderly
- someone arrested on the charge of being drunk and disorderly
- Druze
- an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God
- dry nurse
- a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant
- dry
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- dualist
- an adherent of dualism
- Dubliner
- a resident of Dublin
- Duc d'Elchingen
- French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815)
- duce
- leader
- duchess
- the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
- Duchess of Ferrara
- Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519)
- Duchesse de Valentinois
- French noblewoman who was the mistress of Henry II; she had more influence over him than did his wife Catherine de Medicis (1499-1566)
- duck hunter
- hunter of ducks
- dud
- someone who is unsuccessful
- Dudley Stuart John Moore
- English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935)
- dueler
- a person who fights duels
- duenna
- a woman chaperon
- duffer
- an incompetent or clumsy person
- Dugald Stewart
- Scottish philosopher and follower of Thomas Reid (1753-1828)
- duke
- a British peer of the highest rank
- duke
- a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
- Duke of Lancaster
- the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399)
- Duke of Windsor
- King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
- dulcinea
- a woman who is a man's sweetheart
- dummy
- a person who does not talk
- Duncan James Corrow Grant
- Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
- Dunkard
- an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)
- dunker
- a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots
- dunker
- an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it
- dupe
- a person who is tricked or swindled
- Dustin Hoffman
- versatile United States film actor (born in 1937)
- dustman
- someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse
- Dutch uncle
- a counselor who admonishes frankly and sternly
- dwarf
- a person who is markedly small
- dweeb
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- Dwight David Eisenhower
- United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961)
- Dwight Filley Davis
- United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945)
- Dwight Lyman Moody
- United States evangelist (1837-1899)
- dyer
- someone whose job is to dye cloth
- Dylan Marlais Thomas
- Welsh poet (1914-1953)
- dynamiter
- a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause
- dynast
- a hereditary ruler
- dyslectic
- a person who has dyslexia
- dyspeptic
- a person suffering from indigestion
- E. G. Marshall
- United States actor (1914-1998)
- Eadwig
- King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959)
- Eagle Scout
- a Boy Scout who has earned many merit badges
- Eamon de Valera
- Irish statesman (born in the United States); as president of the Irish Free State he was responsible for the new constitution of 1937 that created the state of Eire (1882-1975)
- ear doctor
- a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases
- earl
- a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
- Earl Marshal
- an officer of the English peerage who organizes royal processions and other ceremonies
- Earl of Leicester
- an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265)
- Earl of Warwick
- English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471)
- Earl Warren
- United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974)
- early bird
- a person who gets up very early in the morning
- early bird
- a person who arrives early before others do
- earner
- someone who earn wages in return for their labor
- earthling
- an inhabitant of the earth
- East German
- a native or inhabitant of the former republic of East Germany
- East Indian
- a native or inhabitant of the East Indies
- East-sider
- a resident of the east side of Manhattan in New York City
- Eastern Sioux
- a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux
- easterner
- an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S.
- easy mark
- a defenseless victim
- eater
- someone who consumes food for nourishment
- eavesdropper
- a secret listener to private conversations
- eccentric
- a person with an unusual or odd personality
- ecdysiast
- a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
- eclectic
- someone who selects according to the eclectic method
- ecologist
- a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment
- econometrician
- an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods
- economic expert
- an expert in the science of economics
- economic libertarian
- a libertarian who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state
- economiser
- a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste
- ectomorph
- a person with a thin body
- Ecuadorian
- a native or inhabitant of Ecuador
- Eddy Merckx
- Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945)
- Edgar
- the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975)
- Edgar Albert Guest
- United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)
- Edgar Allan Poe
- United States writer and poet (1809-1849)
- Edgar Douglas Adrian
- English physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons; 1st baron of Cambridge (1889-1997)
- Edgar Lee Masters
- United States poet (1869-1950)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950)
- Edgar Varese
- United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965)
- Edgard Lawrence Doctorow
- United States novelist (born in 1931)
- edger
- a person who puts finishing edges on a garment
- Edith Giovanna Gassion
- French cabaret singer (1915-1963)
- Edith Louisa Cavell
- English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915)
- Edith Newbold Jones Wharton
- United States novelist (1862-1937)
- editor
- a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
- Edmond Hoyle
- English writer on card games (1672-1769)
- Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt
- French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896)
- Edmond Rostand
- French dramatist and poet whose play immortalized Cyrano de Bergerac (1868-1918)
- Edmund Burke
- British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
- Edmund Cartwright
- English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)
- Edmund Charles Edouard Genet
- French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)
- Edmund Halley
- English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)
- Edmund Husserl
- German philosopher who developed phenomenology (1859-1938)
- Edmund I
- king of the English who succeeded Athelstan; he drove out the Danes and made peace with Scotland (921-946)
- Edmund Ironside
- king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016)
- Edmund John Millington Synge
- Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909)
- Edmund Kean
- English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833)
- Edmund Malone
- English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812)
- Edmund Spenser
- English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599)
- Edmund Wilson
- United States literary critic (1895-1972)
- Edna Ferber
- United States novelist; author of several popular novels (1887-1968)
- Edna O'Brien
- Irish writer (born in 1932)
- Edna Saint Vincent Millay
- United States poet (1892-1950)
- Edo
- a member of a west African people living in the tropical forest region of southern Nigeria
- Edouard Manet
- French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883)
- Edsel Bryant Ford
- son of Henry Ford (1893-1943)
- Eduard Buchner
- German organic chemist who studied alcoholic fermentation and discovered zymase (1860-1917)
- educatee
- a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
- educationalist
- a specialist in the theory of education
- educator
- someone who educates young people
- Edvard Hagerup Grieg
- Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907)
- Edvard Munch
- Norwegian painter (1863-1944)
- Edward Antony Richard Louis
- third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964)
- Edward Bouverie Pusey
- English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882)
- Edward Calvin Kendall
- United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972)
- Edward Douglas White Jr.
- United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
- Edward Durell Stone
- United States architect (1902-1978)
- Edward Estlin Cummings
- United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962)
- Edward Everett Hale
- prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
- Edward Fitzgerald
- English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883)
- Edward Franklin Albeen
- United States dramatist (1928-)
- Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
- English writer of historical romances (1803-1873)
- Edward Gibbon
- English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
- Edward Goldenberg Robinson
- United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973)
- Edward Henry Harriman
- United States railway tycoon (1848-1909)
- Edward I
- King of England from 1272 to 1307; conquered Wales (1239-1307)
- Edward II
- King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327)
- Edward III
- son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377)
- Edward IV
- King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483; was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483)
- Edward James Hughes
- English poet (born in 1930)
- Edward James Muggeridge
- United States motion-picture pioneer remembered for his pictures of running horses taken with a series of still cameras (born in England) (1830-1904)
- Edward Jean Steichen
- United States photographer who pioneered artistic photography (1879-1973)
- Edward Jenner
- English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823)
- Edward Kennedy Ellington
- United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974)
- Edward Lawrie Tatum
- United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975)
- Edward Lear
- British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
- Edward Lee Thorndike
- United States educational psychologist (1874-1949)
- Edward MacDowell
- United States composer best remembered as a composer of works for the piano (1860-1908)
- Edward Osborne Wilson
- United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
- Edward Roscoe Murrow
- United States broadcast journalist remembered for his reports from London during World War II (1908-1965)
- Edward Sapir
- anthropologist and linguist; studied languages of North American Indians (1884-1939)
- Edward Teller
- United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003)
- Edward Thatch
- an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
- Edward the Elder
- king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924)
- Edward V
- King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483)
- Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
- the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973)
- Edward VI
- King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553)
- Edward Vincent Sullivan
- United States host on a well known television variety show (1902-1974)
- Edward Weston
- United States photographer(1886-1958)
- Edward Williams Morley
- United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923)
- Edward Winslow
- English colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655)
- Edward Wyllis Scripps
- United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926)
- Edward Young
- English poet (1683-1765)
- Edwardian
- someone belonging to (or as if belonging to) the era of Edward VII
- Edwin
- king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)
- Edwin Arlington Robinson
- United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935)
- Edwin DuBois Hayward
- United States writer (1885-1940)
- Edwin Herbert Land
- United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)
- Edwin Powell Hubble
- United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953)
- Eero Saarinen
- United States architect (born in Finland) (1910-1961)
- effecter
- one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose
- effendi
- a former Turkish term of respect; especially for government officials
- efficiency engineer
- an expert in increasing the efficient use of machines and personnel
- Efrem Zimbalist
- United States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985)
- egalitarian
- a person who believes in the equality of all people
- Egbert
- king of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839)
- egghead
- an intellectual; a very studious and academic person
- egocentric
- a self-centered person with little regard for others
- egoist
- a conceited and self-centered person
- egomaniac
- an abnormally egotistical person
- Egyptian
- a native or inhabitant of Egypt
- Egyptologist
- an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology
- Eileen Farrell
- United States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002)
- Einstein
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- ejaculator
- a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation
- ejaculator
- a man who ejaculates semen
- ejector
- a person who ousts or supplants someone else
- El Libertador
- Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830)
- El Nino
- the Christ child
- Elamite
- a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC
- elder
- any of various church officers
- elder hand
- the card player on the dealer's left
- elder statesman
- an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders
- elder statesman
- any influential person whose advice is highly respected
- elder
- a person who is older than you are
- eldest
- the offspring who came first in the order of birth
- Eleanor Gwynne
- English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687)
- Eleanor of Aquitaine
- queen of France as the wife of Louis VII; that marriage was annulled in 1152 and she then married Henry II and became Queen of England (1122-1204)
- elected official
- official who won the office in a free election
- Elector
- any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
- elector
- a citizen who has a legal right to vote
- electrical engineer
- a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity
- electrician
- a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
- electrocutioner
- an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person
- electrologist
- someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots
- electroplater
- a plater who uses electrolysis
- electrotherapist
- someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity
- elegist
- the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead
- Eleonora Duse
- Italian actress best known for her performances in tragic roles (1858-1924)
- elevator boy
- a man employed to operate an elevator
- elevator girl
- a girl employed to operate an elevator
- elevator operator
- an operator of an elevator
- Eli Whitney
- United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
- Elia Kazanjoglous
- United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003)
- Elias Canetti
- English writer born in Germany (1905-1994)
- Elias Howe
- United States inventor who built early sewing machines and won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers (including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867)
- Eliel Saarinen
- Finnish architect and city planner who moved to the United States in 1923; father of Eero Saarinen (1873-1950)
- Eliezer Wiesel
- United States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928)
- Elihu Thomson
- United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937)
- Elihu Yale
- English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721)
- Elijah
- a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols; he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel); he was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire (circa 9th century BC)
- Elijah Muhammad
- leader of Black Muslims who campaigned for independence for Black Americans (1897-1975)
- Elinor Morton Hoyt Wylie
- United States poet (1885-1928)
- Elisha Graves Otis
- United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
- elitist
- someone who believes in rule by an elite group
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902)
- Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell
- English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865)
- Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman
- muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)
- Elizabeth I
- Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)
- Elizabeth II
- daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
- Elizabeth Merriwether Gilmer
- United States journalist who wrote a syndicated column of advice to the lovelorn (1870-1951)
- Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
- educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894)
- Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane
- Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937)
- Elizabeth Taylor
- United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932)
- Elizabethan
- a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I
- Ella Fitzgerald
- United States scat singer (1917-1996)
- Ellen Price Wood
- English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887)
- Elmer Ambrose Sperry
- United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930)
- Elmer Leopold Rice
- United States playwright (1892-1967)
- Elmore John Leonard
- United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
- elocutionist
- a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery
- Elsa Schiaparelli
- fashion designer born in Italy who was noted for her use of synthetic materials and brilliant colors (1896-1973)
- Elvis Aron Presley
- United States rock singer whose many hit records and flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music (1935-1977)
- Elwyn Brooks White
- United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
- Ely Culbertson
- United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955)
- emancipator
- someone who frees others from bondage
- Emanuel Swedenborg
- Swedish theologian (1688-1772)
- embalmer
- a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives
- embroiderer
- someone who ornaments with needlework
- embroideress
- a woman embroiderer
- embryologist
- a physician who specializes in embryology
- emcee
- a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
- emeritus
- a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
- emigrant
- someone who leaves one country to settle in another
- Emil Hermann Fischer
- German chemist noted for work on synthetic sugars and the purines (1852-1919)
- Emil Klaus Julius Fuchs
- British physicist who was born in Germany and fled Nazi persecution; in the 1940s he passed secret information to the USSR about the development of the atom bomb in the United States (1911-1988)
- Emile Coue
- French psychotherapist who claimed that if one imagined one was getting better, one would get better (1857-1926)
- Emile Durkheim
- French sociologist and first professor of sociology at the Sorbonne (1858-1917)
- Emile Gaboriau
- French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873)
- Emile Zola
- French novelist and critic; defender of Dreyfus (1840-1902)
- Emiliano Zapata
- Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919)
- Emilie Charlotte le Breton
- British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929)
- Emily Dickinson
- United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886)
- Emily Jane Bronte
- English novelist; one of three Bronte sisters (1818-1848)
- Emily Price Post
- United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
- eminence grise
- (French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position
- emissary
- someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
- Emma Goldman
- United States anarchist (born in Russia) who opposed conscription; was deported to the Soviet Union in 1919 (1869-1940)
- Emma Hart Willard
- United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870)
- Emmett Kelly
- United States circus clown (1898-1979)
- Emmy Noether
- German mathematician (1882-1935)
- emotional person
- a person subject to strong states of emotion
- Empedocles
- Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC)
- emperor
- the male ruler of an empire
- Emperor Francis II
- the last Holy Roman Emperor (1768-1835)
- Emperor of Rome
- sovereign of the Roman Empire
- empiricist
- a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism
- employable
- a person who is qualified and ready to work
- employee
- a worker who is hired to perform a job
- employer
- a person or firm that employs workers
- employment agent
- someone who runs an employment agency
- empress
- a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor
- empty nester
- a parent whose children have grown up and left home
- enate
- one related on the mother's side
- enchanter
- a sorcerer or magician
- enchantress
- a female sorcerer or magician
- encroacher
- someone who enters by force in order to conquer
- encyclopaedist
- a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- end
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
- end man
- a man at one end of a row of people
- end user
- the ultimate user for which something is intended
- endocrinologist
- physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system
- endodontist
- a dentist specializing in diseases of the dental pulp and nerve
- endomorph
- a heavy person with a soft and rounded body
- endorser
- a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security
- endorser
- someone who expresses strong approval
- Enea Silvio Piccolomini
- Italian pope from 1458 to 1464 who is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt to lead a crusade against the Turks (1405-1464)
- enemy
- a personal enemy
- enemy
- an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
- enfant terrible
- a person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others
- enforcer
- one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- German composer of six operas and other incidental music (1854-1921)
- engine driver
- the operator of a railway locomotive
- English Hippocrates
- English physician (1624-1689)
- English person
- a native or inhabitant of England
- English professor
- someone who teaches English
- Englishman
- a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
- Englishwoman
- a woman who is a native or inhabitant of England
- engraver
- a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate
- engraver
- a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching
- enjoyer
- a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something
- enlisted man
- a male enlisted person in the armed forces
- enlisted officer
- a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
- enlisted person
- a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer
- enlisted woman
- a female enlisted person in the armed forces
- enlistee
- any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)
- enologist
- a specialist in wine making
- enophile
- someone who appreciates wine
- Enrico Caruso
- outstanding Italian operatic tenor (1873-1921)
- Enrico Fermi
- Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954)
- enrollee
- a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study
- ensign
- a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade
- ENT man
- a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat
- enterpriser
- someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
- entertainer
- a person who tries to please or amuse
- enthusiast
- a person having a strong liking for something
- enthusiast
- an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
- entrant
- one who enters a competition
- entrant
- someone who enters
- entrant
- any new participant in some activity
- envoy
- a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
- enzymologist
- a person who is trained in or engaged in enzymology
- eparch
- the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece
- eparch
- a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church
- Ephesian
- a resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus
- Epictetus
- Greek philosopher who was a Stoic (circa 50-130)
- Epicurus
- Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)
- epidemiologist
- a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases
- epigon
- an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer, artist, or musician
- epileptic
- a person who has epilepsy
- Episcopalian
- a member of the Episcopal church
- epistemologist
- a specialist in epistemology
- equerry
- a personal attendant of the British royal family
- equerry
- an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles
- equestrian
- a man skilled in equitation
- equivocator
- a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
- eradicator
- someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)
- Eratosthenes
- Greek mathematician and astronomer who estimated the circumference of the earth and the distances to the Moon and sun (276-194 BC)
- eremite
- a Christian recluse
- Eric Arthur Blair
- imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950)
- Erica Jong
- United States writer (born in 1942)
- Erich Mendelsohn
- German architect who migrated to Palestine in 1937 (1887-1953)
- Erich von Stroheim
- United States film actor (born in Austria) (1885-1957)
- Erie
- a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York
- Erik Adolf von Willebrand
- Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949)
- Erik Alfred Leslie Satie
- French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of Romanticism (1866-1925)
- Erik Axel Karlfeldt
- Swedish poet whose works incorporate Swedish customs and folklore (1864-1931)
- Eritrean
- a native or inhabitant of Eritrea
- Erle Stanley Gardner
- writer of detective novels featuring Perry Mason (1889-1970)
- Ernest Bevin
- British labor leader and statesman who played an important role in diplomacy after World War II (1884-1951)
- Ernest Bloch
- United States composer (born in Switzerland) who composed symphonies and chamber music and choral music and a piano sonata and an opera (1880-1959)
- Ernest Hemingway
- an American writer of fiction who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961)
- Ernest Orlando Lawrence
- United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)
- Ernest Solvay
- Belgian chemist who developed the Solvay process and built factories exploiting it (1838-1922)
- Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton
- Irish physicist who (with Sir John Cockcroft in 1931) first split an atom (1903-1995)
- Ernestine Schumann-Heink
- United States operatic contralto (1861-1936)
- Ernesto Guevara
- an Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution; active in other Latin American countries; was captured and executed by the Bolivian army (1928-1967)
- Ernst Cassirer
- German philosopher concerned with concept formation in the human mind and with symbolic forms in human culture generally (1874-1945)
- Ernst Heinrich Haeckel
- German biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919)
- Ernst Heinrich Weber
- German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878)
- Ernst Lubitsch
- German filmmaker of sophisticated comedies (1892-1947)
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
- German expressionist painter (1880-1938)
- Ernst Mach
- Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916)
- Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
- German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822)
- Ernst Werner von Siemens
- German electrical engineer (1816-1892)
- erotic
- an erotic person
- errand boy
- a boy who earns money by running errands
- Erskine Preston Caldwell
- United States author remembered for novels about poverty and degeneration (1903-1987)
- Erwin Panofsky
- art historian (1892-1968)
- Erwin Rommel
- German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944)
- Erwin Schrodinger
- Austrian physicist who discovered the wave equation (1887-1961)
- Esau
- (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage
- escalader
- someone who gains access by the use of ladders
- escape expert
- an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping
- escapee
- someone who escapes
- eschatologist
- a theologian who specializes in eschatology
- escort
- an attendant who is employed to accompany someone
- Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson
- Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958)
- espionage agent
- someone employed to spy on another country or business competitor
- Esquimau
- a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
- Esquire
- a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
- esquire
- (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
- essayist
- a writer of literary works
- Esselen
- a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey
- Essene
- a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus
- estate agent
- a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land
- Esther
- (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
- Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris
- United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
- etcher
- someone who etches
- Ethan Allen
- a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789)
- Ethel Barrymore
- United States actress; daughter of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1879-1959)
- Ethel Merman
- United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984)
- Ethel Waters
- United States actress and singer (1896-1977)
- Ethelbert
- Anglo-Saxon king of Kent who was converted to Christianity by Saint Augustine; codified English law (552-616)
- Ethelred I
- king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871)
- Ethelred the Unready
- king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016)
- ethician
- a philosopher who specializes in ethics
- Ethiopian
- a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia
- ethnarch
- the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority
- ethnic
- a person who is a member of an ethnic group
- ethnographer
- an anthropologist who does ethnography
- ethnologist
- an anthropologist who studies ethnology
- ethologist
- a zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats
- Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot
- French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911)
- Etonian
- a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College
- Etruscan
- a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC)
- etymologist
- a lexicographer who specializes in etymology
- Euclid
- Greek geometer (3rd century BC)
- Eudora Welty
- United States writer about rural southern life (1909-2001)
- Eugene Curran Kelly
- United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996)
- Eugene Gladstone O'Neill
- United States playwright (1888-1953)
- Eugene Ionesco
- French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994)
- Eugene Luther Vidal
- United States writer (born in 1925)
- Eugene Ormandy
- United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1899-1985)
- Eugene Paul Wigner
- United States physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on the structure of the atom and its nucleus (1902-1995)
- Eugene Sue
- French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
- Eugene Victor Debs
- United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926)
- Eugenio Pacelli
- pope who maintained neutrality during World War II and was later criticized for not aiding the Jews who were persecuted by Hitler (1876-1958)
- eulogist
- an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics
- Eurafrican
- a person of mixed European and African descent
- Eurasian
- a person of mixed European and Asian descent
- Euripides
- one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece (480-406 BC)
- European
- a native or inhabitant of Europe
- Eusebius of Caesarea
- Christian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine; a church historian and a leading early Christian exegete (circa 270-340)
- Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus
- (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
- Eva Braun
- the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945)
- Eva Le Gallienne
- United States actress (born in England) (1899-1991)
- evacuee
- a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place
- evaluator
- an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
- Evangelist
- (when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
- evangelist
- a preacher of the Christian gospel
- Evangelista Torricelli
- Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647)
- Evariste Galois
- French mathematician who described the conditions for solving polynomial equations; was killed in a duel at the age of 21 (1811-1832)
- Eve
- (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
- Evelyn Arthur Saint John Waugh
- English author of satirical novels (1903-1966)
- event planner
- someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials)
- everyman
- the ordinary person
- evildoer
- a person who sins (without repenting)
- evolutionist
- a person who believes in organic evolution
- Ewe
- a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana
- Ewenki
- a member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia
- ex
- a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
- ex
- a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife
- ex-boyfriend
- a man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend
- ex-gambler
- a former gambler
- ex-mayor
- a former mayor
- ex-president
- a former president
- ex-serviceman
- a person who has served in the armed forces
- ex-spouse
- a person who was formerly a spouse
- examinee
- someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination)
- examiner
- an investigator who observes carefully
- examiner
- someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications
- exarch
- a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire
- exarch
- a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan
- exarch
- a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America
- excavator
- a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying
- Excellency
- a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'
- exchanger
- one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country
- excogitator
- a thinker who considers carefully and thoroughly
- excursionist
- a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
- excuser
- a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense
- executant
- a performer (usually of musical works)
- executioner
- an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
- executive officer
- the officer second in command
- executive secretary
- a secretary having administrative duties and responsibilities
- executive vice president
- a vice president holding executive power
- executive
- a person responsible for the administration of a business
- executor
- a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
- executrix
- a woman executor
- exegete
- a person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts)
- exhibitioner
- someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
- exhibitionist
- someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals
- exhibitionist
- someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
- exile
- a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
- existential philosopher
- a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable
- exodontist
- a dentist specializing in the extraction of teeth
- exorciser
- someone who practices exorcism
- expectorator
- a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)
- experimenter
- a research worker who conducts experiments
- experimenter
- a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas
- expert
- a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
- expert witness
- a witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about
- exploiter
- a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically
- exponent
- someone who expounds and interprets or explains
- exporter
- a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)
- expositor
- a person who explains
- expressionist
- an artist who is an adherent of expressionism
- extern
- a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there
- extoller
- someone who communicates high praise
- extra
- a minor actor in crowd scenes
- extravert
- (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
- extreme right-winger
- an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
- extremist
- a person who holds extreme views
- eye doctor
- a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye
- eyeful
- a strikingly beautiful woman
- eyeglass wearer
- a person who wears spectacles in order to see better
- Eyeish
- a member of the Caddo people of northeastern Texas
- eyewitness
- a spectator who can describe what happened
- Ezechiel
- a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC
- Ezra
- a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem
- Ezra Cornell
- United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874)
- Ezra Loomis Pound
- United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
- Fabian
- a member of the Fabian Society in Britain
- fabricator
- someone who tells lies
- fabulist
- a person who tells or invents fables
- face
- a part of a person that is used to refer to a person
- facilitator
- someone who makes progress easier
- factory worker
- a workman in a mill or factory
- factotum
- a servant employed to do a variety of jobs
- faddist
- a person who subscribes to a variety of fads
- fag
- offensive term for a homosexual man
- Fahd ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud
- king of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005 (1923-2005)
- failure
- a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
- fair game
- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
- fairy godmother
- a generous benefactor
- Faisal ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud
- king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975)
- fake
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- fakeer
- a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
- falangist
- a Spanish member of General Franco's political party
- falconer
- a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
- faller
- a person who falls
- faller
- a person who fells trees
- false witness
- a person who deliberately gives false testimony
- falsifier
- someone who falsifies
- familiar
- a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
- family doctor
- a general practitioner who treats all the family members
- family man
- a man whose family is of major importance in his life
- family
- a person having kinship with another or others
- famulus
- a close attendant (as to a scholar)
- fan
- an enthusiastic devotee of sports
- fanatic
- a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)
- fancy man
- someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
- fancy man
- a woman's lover
- fancy woman
- an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
- Fannie Merritt Farmer
- an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)
- fantasist
- a creator of fantasies
- fantast
- someone who predicts the future
- fare
- a paying (taxi) passenger
- farm boy
- a boy who has grown up on a farm
- farm girl
- a girl who has grown up on a farm
- farm worker
- a hired hand on a farm
- farmer
- a person who operates a farm
- farmerette
- a woman working on a farm
- Farouk I
- king of Egypt who in 1952 was ousted by a military coup d'etat (1920-1965)
- farrier
- a person who shoes horses
- Farsi
- a person of Iranian descent
- fascist
- an adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views
- fascista
- an Italian fascist under Mussolini
- fashion arbiter
- someone who popularizes a new fashion
- fashion consultant
- someone who advises you about fashionable clothing
- fashion model
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
- fastener
- a person who fastens or makes fast
- fat cat
- a wealthy and privileged person
- Father
- `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
- father
- a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
- Father Christmas
- the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
- father figure
- a man who takes over all the functions of the real father
- Father of Radio
- United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)
- Father of the Church
- (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
- Father of the Submarine
- American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824)
- father
- the founder of a family
- father-figure
- a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically
- father-in-law
- the father of your spouse
- Fatimah
- youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali; revered especially by Shiite Muslims (606-632)
- Fausto Paolo Sozzini
- Italian theologian who argued against Trinitarianism (1539-1604)
- Fauve
- a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism
- favorite son
- a United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state
- favorite
- a competitor thought likely to win
- FBI agent
- a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- featherweight
- a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds
- featherweight
- weighs 126-139 pounds
- featherweight
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds
- Federal
- any federal law-enforcement officer
- Federal soldier
- a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
- federalist
- an advocate of federalism
- Federalist
- a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government
- Federico Fellini
- Italian filmmaker (1920-1993)
- Felix Klein
- German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925)
- fellah
- an agricultural laborer in Arab countries
- Fellata
- a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
- fellow
- a member of a learned society
- fellow member
- one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
- fellow traveler
- a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party)
- felo-de-se
- a person who kills himself intentionally
- female aristocrat
- a woman who is an aristocrat
- female child
- a youthful female person
- female monarch
- a female sovereign ruler
- female offspring
- a child who is female
- female parent
- a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
- female sibling
- a person's sister
- female
- a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
- feminist
- a supporter of feminism
- fence
- a dealer in stolen property
- fence-sitter
- a person who won't take sides in a controversy
- fencer
- someone skilled at fencing
- fencesitter
- a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
- Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
- Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
- feral man
- a person who is not socialized
- Ferdinand de Saussure
- Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)
- Ferdinand I
- Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564)
- Ferdinand II
- Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia and Hungary who waged war against Protestant forces (1578-1637)
- Ferdinand III
- Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia who signed the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War (1608-1657)
- Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton
- United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
- Ferdinand Julius Cohn
- German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521)
- Ferdinand the Catholic
- the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516)
- Ferdinand the Great
- king of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065)
- Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix
- French romantic painter (1798-1863)
- Ferenc Molnar
- Hungarian playwright (1878-1952)
- Fernand Leger
- French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955)
- ferryman
- a man who operates a ferry
- fetishist
- one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature)
- feudal lord
- a man of rank in the ancient regime
- feudatory
- a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
- fiance
- a man who is engaged to be married
- fiddler
- an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
- fiddler
- someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
- fiddler
- a musician who plays the violin
- Fidel Castro Ruz
- Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927)
- fiduciary
- a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
- field general
- (football) the person who plays quarterback
- field judge
- a football official
- field marshal
- an officer holding the highest rank in the army
- fielder
- a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat
- fielder
- a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting
- fieldworker
- a researcher who works in the field
- fifth columnist
- a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
- fighter pilot
- a military or naval pilot of fighter planes
- Fighting Joe Hooker
- United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
- figure
- a well-known or notable person
- figurehead
- a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- Fijian
- a native or inhabitant of Fiji
- file clerk
- a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization
- filer
- a party who files a notice with a law court
- filibuster
- a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
- filicide
- a parent who murders his own son or daughter
- Filipino
- a native or inhabitant of the Philippines
- Filippino Lippi
- Italian painter and son of Fra Filippo Lippi (1457-1504)
- Filippo Brunelleschi
- Florentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446)
- fille
- a young female
- film maker
- a producer of motion pictures
- film star
- a star who plays leading roles in the cinema
- film writer
- someone who writes screenplays
- finagler
- a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods
- finalist
- a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition
- finance minister
- the minister responsible for state finances
- financial analyst
- an analyst who studies the financial performance of corporations
- financial officer
- an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
- financier
- a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
- finder
- someone who comes upon something after searching
- fingerprint expert
- a specialist in identifying fingerprints
- finisher
- a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process
- finisher
- a painter who applies a finishing coat
- finisher
- a racing driver who finishes a race
- Finn
- a native or inhabitant of Finland
- fire chief
- the head of a fire department
- fire fighter
- a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
- fire marshall
- an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires
- fire walker
- someone who walks barefoot on burning coals
- fire warden
- an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest
- fire watcher
- (during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air
- fire-eater
- a performer who pretends to swallow fire
- fire-eater
- a belligerent grouch
- firebrand
- someone who deliberately foments trouble
- fireman
- a pitcher who does not start the game
- fireman
- a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
- First Baron Kelvin
- British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907)
- First Baron Marks of Broughton
- English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)
- First Baron Passfield
- English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society (1859-1947)
- First Baron Rutherford of Nelson
- British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)
- first baseman
- (baseball) the person who plays first base
- First Duke of Marlborough
- English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)
- First Duke of Wellington
- British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
- First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
- British field marshal (1850-1916)
- First Earl of Beaconsfield
- British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)
- First Earl of Chatham
- English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778)
- First Earl of Orford
- Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)
- first lady
- the wife of a chief executive
- first lady
- the leading woman in an art or profession
- First Lord of the Treasury
- the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy
- First Marquess Cornwallis
- commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)
- first mate
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- first offender
- someone convicted for the first time
- first sergeant
- a sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant
- First Viscount Haldane of Cloan
- Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928)
- First Viscount Nuffield
- British industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963)
- first-nighter
- someone habitually a spectator at the openings of theatrical productions
- first-rater
- one who is first-rate
- fisher
- someone whose occupation is catching fish
- fishmonger
- someone who sells fish
- fitter
- someone who fits a garment to a particular person
- five-star admiral
- an admiral of the highest rank
- fixer
- someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
- fixer
- a skilled worker who mends or repairs things
- fixture
- a regular patron
- flack
- a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
- flag captain
- the captain of a flagship
- flag officer
- a senior naval officer above the rank of captain
- flagellant
- a person who whips himself as a religious penance
- flagellant
- a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification
- flamen
- a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome
- flanker
- a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
- flanker
- a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver
- flapper
- a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress
- flash in the pan
- someone who enjoys transient success but then fails
- flatfoot
- a policeman who patrols a given region
- flatmate
- an associate who shares an apartment with you
- flautist
- someone who plays the flute
- Flavius Claudius Julianus
- Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
- Flavius Valerius Constantinus
- Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337)
- fleer
- someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
- Fleming
- a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian
- flibbertigibbet
- a female fool
- flier
- someone who travels by air
- flight attendant
- an attendant on an airplane
- flight engineer
- the flight crewman responsible for mechanical operation while in flight
- flight surgeon
- a medical officer specializing in aviation medicine
- floater
- a swimmer who floats in the water
- floater
- a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
- floater
- an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
- floating voter
- a voter who has no allegiance to any political party and whose unpredictable decisions can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other
- flogger
- a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)
- floor leader
- the legislator who organizes his party's strategy
- floorwalker
- an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems
- floozie
- a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
- Florence Nightingale
- English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
- Florentine
- a native or resident of Florence, Italy
- Florenz Ziegfeld
- United States theatrical producer noted for a series of extravagant revues known as the Ziegfeld Follies (1869-1932)
- Floridian
- a native or resident of Florida
- florist
- someone who grows and deals in flowers
- flouter
- someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
- flower child
- someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
- flower girl
- a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession
- flower girl
- a woman who sells flowers in the street
- Floyd Bennett
- United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)
- flunkey
- a male servant (especially a footman)
- flunkey
- a person of unquestioning obedience
- fly-by-night
- a debtor who flees to avoid paying
- flyweight
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds
- flyweight
- weighs no more than 115 pounds
- FO
- an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
- folk dancer
- someone who does folk dances
- folk poet
- a folk writer who composes in verse
- folk singer
- a singer of folk songs
- folk writer
- a writer of folktales
- follower
- a person who accepts the leadership of another
- follower
- someone who travels behind or pursues another
- fondler
- a molester who touches the intimate parts of the victim
- fondler
- a lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one
- food faddist
- a person who adheres briefly to different diets
- food manufacturer
- a person who manufactures food products
- fool
- a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
- fool
- a person who lacks good judgment
- foot
- a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
- foot soldier
- fights on foot with small arms
- foot soldier
- an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
- football coach
- a coach of football players
- football hero
- a football player who has achieved a reputation for success
- football official
- an official who enforces the rules at a football game
- football player
- an athlete who plays American football
- footer
- a person who travels by foot
- footman
- a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores
- footpad
- a highwayman who robs on foot
- forager
- someone who hunts for food and provisions
- forbear
- a person from whom you are descended
- force
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- Ford Hermann Hueffer
- English writer and editor (1873-1939)
- forecaster
- someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
- forefather
- person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group
- foreign agent
- a spy for a foreign country
- foreign correspondent
- a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast
- foreign minister
- a government minister for foreign relations
- foreigner
- someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
- forelady
- a woman who is foreperson of a jury
- foreman
- a man who is foreperson of a jury
- foremother
- a woman ancestor
- foreperson
- the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf
- forerunner
- a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
- forewoman
- a woman in charge of a group of workers
- forger
- someone who operates a forge
- forgetful person
- a flighty and disorganized person
- fortune hunter
- a person who seeks wealth through marriage
- fortune teller
- a person who foretells your personal future
- forty-niner
- a miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849
- forward
- the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
- forward passer
- (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
- fossilist
- a specialist in paleontology
- foster brother
- your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents
- foster child
- a child who is raised by foster parents
- foster daughter
- someone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth
- foster father
- a man who is a foster parent
- foster mother
- a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child
- foster parent
- a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child
- foster sister
- your foster sister is a female who is not a daughter of your parents but who is raised by your parents
- foster son
- someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth
- foster-nurse
- a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own
- founder
- a worker who makes metal castings
- Founding Father
- a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
- foundress
- a woman founder
- four-minute man
- someone who has run the mile in less that 4 minutes
- Fourth Earl of Chesterfield
- suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)
- Fourth Earl of Orford
- English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
- fowler
- someone who hunts wild birds for food
- Fox
- a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River
- fox hunter
- a mounted hunter who follows the hounds in pursuit of a fox
- Fra Filippo Lippi
- Italian painter whose works show a three-dimensional style (1406-1469)
- framer
- someone who writes a new law or plan
- framer
- someone who makes frames (as for pictures)
- franc-tireur
- a sharpshooter (in the French army)
- Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett
- United States writer (born in England) remembered for her novels for children (1849-1924)
- Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard
- United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898)
- Frances Wright
- United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
- Francesco della Rovere
- Italian pope from 1471 to 1484 who consented to the establishment of the Spanish Inquisition and built the Sistine Chapel (1414-1484)
- Francesco Petrarca
- an Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374)
- Francis Albert Sinatra
- United States singer and film actor (1915-1998)
- Francis Beaumont
- English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher (1584-1616)
- Francis Edgar Stanley
- United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)
- Francis Everett Townsend
- United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government; his plan was a precursor to Social Security (1867-1960)
- Francis Ferdinand
- archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914)
- Francis Ford Coppola
- United States filmmaker (born in 1939)
- Francis Henry Compton Crick
- English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)
- Francis Hopkinson
- American Revolutionary leader and patriot; a signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1791)
- Francis Joseph I
- emperor of Austria and king of Hungary; was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916)
- Francis Peyton Rous
- United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970)
- Francis Poulenc
- French pianist and composer (1899-1963)
- Francis Richard Stockton
- United States writer (1834-1902)
- Francis Scott Key
- United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)
- Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
- United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940)
- Francis Turner Palgrave
- English poet (1824-1897)
- Francisco Fernandez de Cordova
- Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526)
- Francisco Franco
- Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)
- Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros
- prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)
- Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes
- Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828)
- Francisco Pizarro
- Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)
- Francisco Villa
- Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
- Franco-American
- an American who was born in France or whose ancestors were French
- Francois Auguste Rene Rodin
- French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917)
- Francois Charles Mauriac
- French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970)
- Francois Couperin
- French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733)
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- French writer of moralistic maxims (1613-1680)
- Francois Duvalier
- oppressive Haitian dictator (1907-1971)
- Francois Jacob
- French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
- Francois Mansart
- French architect who introduced the mansard roof (1598-1666)
- Francois Marie Charles Fourier
- French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)
- Francois Maurice Marie Mitterrand
- French statesman and president of France from 1981 to 1985 (1916-1996)
- Francois Rabelais
- author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)
- Francois Rene Chateaubriand
- French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848)
- Francois Truffaut
- French filmmaker (1932-1984)
- Francois Villon
- French poet (flourished around 1460)
- Francois-Marie Arouet
- French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)
- Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart
- French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707)
- Francophile
- an admirer of France and everything French
- Francophobe
- a person who hates France and everything French
- Frank
- a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
- Frank Capra
- United States film maker (1897-1991)
- Frank Cooper
- United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961)
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- influential United States architect (1869-1959)
- Frank Morrison Spillane
- United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918)
- Frank Philip Stella
- United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
- Frank Winfield Woolworth
- United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919)
- franklin
- a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth
- Frans Hals
- Dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666)
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809)
- Franz Joseph Kline
- United States abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962)
- Franz Kafka
- Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924)
- Franz Lehar
- Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948)
- Franz Liszt
- Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886)
- Franz Seraph Peter Schubert
- Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828)
- Franz Werfel
- United States writer (1890-1945)
- fratricide
- a person who murders their brother or sister
- Fred Astaire
- United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987)
- Fred Zinnemann
- United States filmmaker (born in Austria) (1907-1997)
- Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
- French sculptor best known for creating the Statue of Liberty now in New York harbor
- Frederic Francois Chopin
- French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849)
- Frederic William Goudy
- United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947)
- Frederic William Maitland
- English historian noted for his works on the history of English law (1850-1906)
- Frederick Barbarossa
- Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190)
- Frederick Carleton Lewis
- United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961)
- Frederick Childe Hassam
- United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935)
- Frederick Delius
- English composer of orchestral works (1862-1934)
- Frederick Douglass
- United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)
- Frederick I
- son of Frederick William who in 1701 became the first king of Prussia (1657-1713)
- Frederick Jackson Turner
- United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951)
- Frederick James Furnivall
- English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910)
- Frederick Law Olmsted
- United States landscape architect primarily responsible for the design of Central Park in New York City (1822-1903)
- Frederick Loewe
- United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987)
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953)
- Frederick Sanger
- English biochemist who determined the sequence of amino acids in insulin and who invented a technique to determine the genetic sequence of an organism (born in 1918)
- Frederick Soddy
- English chemist whose work on radioactive disintegration led to the discovery of isotopes (1877-1956)
- Frederick the Great
- king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786)
- Frederick William
- the Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688)
- Frederick William I
- son of Frederick I who became king of Prussia in 1713; reformed and strengthened the Prussian army (1688-1740)
- Frederick William II
- king of Prussia who became involved in a costly war with France (1744-1797)
- Frederick William III
- king of Prussia who became involved in the Napoleonic Wars (1770-1840)
- Frederick William IV
- king of Prussia who violently suppressed democratic movements (1795-1865)
- Frederico Garcia Lorca
- Spanish poet and dramatist who was shot dead by Franco's soldiers soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War (1898-1936)
- free agent
- (sports) a professional athlete who is free to sign a contract to play for any team
- free agent
- someone acting freely or even irresponsibly
- free lance
- a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- free trader
- an advocate of unrestricted international trade
- free-liver
- someone who gratifies physical appetites (especially for food and drink) with more than the usual freedom
- freedman
- a person who has been freed from slavery
- freedom fighter
- a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
- freedom rider
- one of an interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation
- freeholder
- the owner of a freehold
- freeloader
- someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others
- freeman
- a person who is not a serf or a slave
- Freemason
- a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love
- freethinker
- a person who rejects religion
- freight agent
- an employee of a freight carrier who directs the receipt and delivery of goods
- French Canadian
- a Canadian descended from early French settlers and whose native language is French
- French person
- a person of French nationality
- French teacher
- someone who teaches French
- frequenter
- a regular customer
- fresher
- a first-year undergraduate
- Freudian
- a person who follows the basic theories or practices of Sigmund Freud
- friar
- a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
- Fridtjof Nansen
- Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930)
- Friedrich Anton Mesmer
- Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815)
- Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz
- German chemist remembered for his discovery of the ring structure of benzene (1829-1896)
- Friedrich August von Hayek
- English economist (born in Austria) noted for work on the optimum allocation of resources (1899-1992)
- Friedrich August Wolf
- German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)
- Friedrich Engels
- socialist who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (1820-1895)
- Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
- German poet (1724-1803)
- Friedrich Krupp
- German industrialist who manufactured steel in Essen (1787-1826)
- Friedrich Max Muller
- British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900)
- Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel
- German educator who founded the kindergarten system (1782-1852)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
- German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
- influential German philosopher remembered for his concept of the superman and for his rejection of Christian values; considered, along with Kierkegaard, to be a founder of existentialism (1844-1900)
- friend
- a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
- Fritz Albert Lipmann
- United States biochemist (born in Germany) noted for his studies of metabolic processes (1899-1986)
- Fritz Haber
- German chemist noted for the synthetic production of ammonia from the nitrogen in air (1868-1934)
- Fritz Kreisler
- United States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962)
- Fritz W. Meissner
- German physicist (1882-1974)
- frontbencher
- a member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party
- frontierswoman
- a woman who lives on the frontier
- frotteur
- someone who masturbates by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd)
- fruit grower
- someone who grows fruit commercially
- fruiterer
- a person who sells fruit
- fry cook
- a cook who specializes in fried foods
- fucker
- a stupid despised man
- fuddy-duddy
- a conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance
- fugitive
- someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
- fugleman
- a leader and organizer and spokesman (especially a political leader)
- full general
- a general officer of the highest rank
- full professor
- a professor of the highest rank
- fullback
- (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team
- fuller
- a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
- fumigator
- someone whose job is to fumigate
- funambulist
- an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope
- functional illiterate
- a person with some ability to read and write but not enough for daily practical needs
- functionalist
- an adherent of functionalism
- functionary
- a worker who holds or is invested with an office
- fundamentalist
- a supporter of fundamentalism
- fundamentalist
- an adherent of fundamentalist principles
- fundraiser
- someone who solicits financial contributions
- funeral director
- one whose business is the management of funerals
- fusilier
- (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
- fuss-budget
- thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
- futurist
- a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future
- Gabonese
- a native or inhabitant of Gabon
- Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
- German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)
- Gabriel Lippmann
- French physicist who developed the first color photographic process (1845-1921)
- Gabriele Fallopius
- Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562)
- Gadaba
- a member of an agricultural people in southeastern India
- gadabout
- a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship
- gadgeteer
- a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets
- Gael
- a Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man
- Gaetan Vestris
- Italian dancing-master for Louis XVI who was considered the greatest dancer of his day; he was the first to discard the mask in mime (1729-1808)
- Gaetano Donizetti
- Italian composer of operas (1797-1848)
- gaffer
- an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
- gagman
- someone who writes comic material for public performers
- gagman
- a comedian who uses gags
- gainer
- a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits)
- gainer
- a person who gains weight
- Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletian
- Roman Emperor who when faced with military problems decided in 286 to divide the Roman Empire between himself in the east and Maximian in the west; he initiated the last persecution of the Christians in 303 (245-313)
- Gaius Caesar
- Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41)
- Gaius Cassius Longinus
- prime mover in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar (died in 42 BC)
- Gaius Flaminius
- Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC)
- Gaius Julius Caesar
- conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
- Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus
- Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)
- Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
- Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)
- Gaius Plinius Secundus
- Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
- Gaius Valerius Catullus
- Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC)
- gal
- alliterative term for girl (or woman)
- Galatian
- a native or inhabitant of Galatia in Asia Minor (especially a member of a people believed to have been Gauls who conquered Galatia in the 3rd century BC)
- Galen
- Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200)
- Galilaean
- an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ)
- Galileo Galilei
- Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642)
- Galina Sergeevna Ulanova
- Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998)
- gallant
- a man who attends or escorts a woman
- galley slave
- a slave condemned to row in a galley
- gallows bird
- a person who deserves to be hanged
- galoot
- a disreputable or clumsy man
- galvaniser
- a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc
- galvaniser
- a leader who stimulates and excites people to action
- Gamal Abdel Nasser
- Egyptian statesman who nationalized the Suez Canal (1918-1970)
- Gambian
- a native or inhabitant of Gambia
- gambist
- a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba
- gambler
- a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events
- gambler
- someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement
- game warden
- a person employed to take care of game and wildlife
- gamecock
- someone who is a very fierce fighter
- games-master
- the teacher in charge of games at a school
- gamin
- (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
- gamine
- a girl of impish appeal
- gamine
- a homeless girl who roams the streets
- gandy dancer
- a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang
- ganef
- (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)
- ganger
- the foreman of a work gang
- gangsta
- (Black English) a member of a youth gang
- gangster's moll
- the girlfriend of a gangster
- gangster
- a criminal who is a member of gang
- gaolbird
- a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly
- gaoler
- someone who guards prisoners
- Garden Stater
- a native of resident of New Jersey
- gardener
- someone employed to work in a garden
- gardener
- someone who takes care of a garden
- garment cutter
- someone who cuts cloth etc. to measure in making garments
- garment worker
- a person who makes garments
- garnishee
- a wage earner who is served with a garnishment
- Gary Weinstein
- Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963)
- gas fitter
- a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances
- gasbag
- a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
- gasman
- someone employed by a gas company
- Gaspar
- (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus
- Gaston Lachaise
- United States sculptor (born in France) noted for his large nude figures (1882-1935)
- gastroenterologist
- a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
- gatekeeper
- someone who controls access to something
- gatherer
- a person who gathers
- gaucho
- a cowboy of the South American pampas
- Gaul
- a person of French descent
- Gaul
- a Celt of ancient Gaul
- Gautama Siddhartha
- founder of Buddhism (c 563-483 BC)
- gawker
- a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness
- gay woman
- a female homosexual
- gay
- someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex
- gazetteer
- a journalist who writes for a gazette
- Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher
- Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819)
- geek
- a carnival performer who does disgusting acts
- geezer
- a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric
- geisha
- a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing
- gem cutter
- one who cuts and shapes precious stones
- gem
- a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
- Gemini
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini
- gendarme
- a French policeman
- Gene Sarazen
- United States golfer who was first to win all four major golf tournaments (1902-1999)
- genealogist
- an expert in genealogy
- general agent
- an agent who sells insurance
- general agent
- someone authorized to transact every kind of business for the principal
- general manager
- the highest ranking manager
- general officer
- officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel
- general
- the head of a religious order or congregation
- geneticist
- a biologist who specializes in genetics
- genitor
- a natural father or mother
- Genoese
- a native or resident of Genoa
- genre painter
- a painter of scenes from everyday life
- Genseric
- king of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477)
- gent
- informal abbreviation of `gentleman'
- gentile
- a Christian
- gentile
- a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus
- gentile
- a person who does not acknowledge your god
- gentleman
- a man of refinement
- Gentleman Johnny
- British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792)
- gentleman
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
- gentleman-at-arms
- one of 40 gentlemen who attend the British sovereign on state occasions
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales (1340-1400)
- Geoffrey of Monmouth
- Welsh chronicler who wrote an account of the kings of Britain which is now believed to contain little historical fact but it is a source of the Arthurian legend (circa 1100-1154)
- geographer
- an expert on geography
- geologist
- a specialist in geology
- geomancer
- one who practices geomancy
- geometer
- a mathematician specializing in geometry
- geometry teacher
- someone who teaches geometry
- geophysicist
- a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
- Geordie
- a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann
- pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866)
- Georg Meissner
- German anatomist (1829-1905)
- Georg Philipp Telemann
- German baroque composer (1681-1767)
- Georg Simon Ohm
- German physicist who formulated Ohm's law (1787-1854)
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831)
- Georg Wilhelm Steller
- German naturalist (1709-1746)
- George Armstrong Custer
- United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)
- George Balanchine
- United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983)
- George Bernard Shaw
- British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)
- George Boole
- English mathematician; creator of Boolean algebra (1815-1864)
- George Bryan Brummell
- English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840)
- George C. Scott
- award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
- George Catlett Marshall
- United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959)
- George Charles Hevesy de Hevesy
- Hungarian chemist who studied radioisotopes and was one of the discoverers of the element hafnium (1885-1966)
- George Dibdin-Pitt
- a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855)
- George Eastman
- United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932)
- George Edward Moore
- English philosopher (1873-1958)
- George Edward Pickett
- American Confederate general known for leading a disastrous charge at Gettysburg (1825-1875)
- George Ellery Hale
- United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
- George Fox
- English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)
- George Frederick Handel
- a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)
- George Frost Kennan
- United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005)
- George Gamow
- United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for DNA (1904-1968)
- George Gershwin
- United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937)
- George Gilbert Aime Murphy
- British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)
- George Gordon Meade
- United States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872)
- George Guess
- Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843)
- George Harrison
- English rock star; lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943-2001)
- George Herbert Hitchings
- United States biochemist noted for developing drugs to treat leukemia and gout (1905-1998)
- George Herbert Mead
- United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931)
- George Herbert Walker Bush
- vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)
- George Herman Ruth
- United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
- George Hubert Wilkins
- Australian who was the first to explore the Arctic by airplane (1888-1958)
- George Huntington
- United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
- George I
- Elector of Hanover and the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727 (1660-1727)
- George II
- King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760 (1683-1760)
- George III
- King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820; the American colonies were lost during his reign; he became insane in 1811 and his son (later George IV) acted as regent until 1820 (1738-1820)
- George IV
- King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 1820 to 1830; his attempt to divorce his estranged wife undermined the prestige of the Crown (1762-1830)
- George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier
- English writer and illustrator; grandfather of Daphne du Maurier (1834-1896)
- George Lucas
- United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944)
- George Macaulay Trevelyan
- English historian and son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan whose works include a social history of England and a biography of Garibaldi (1876-1962)
- George Mason
- American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
- George Meany
- United States labor leader who was the first president of the AFL-CIO (1894-1980)
- George Meredith
- English novelist and poet (1828-1909)
- George Michael Cohan
- United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942)
- George Orson Welles
- United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985)
- George Percy Aldridge Grainger
- United States composer (born in Australia) who lived in London and collected English folk songs (1882-1961)
- George Segal
- United States sculptor (born in 1924)
- George Simon Kaufman
- United States playwright who collaborated with many other writers including Moss Hart (1889-1961)
- George Stephenson
- English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway in 1825 (1781-1848)
- George Stevens
- United States filmmaker (1905-1975)
- George Szell
- United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1897-1970)
- George V
- King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936; gave up his German title in 1917 during World War I (1865-1936)
- George Vancouver
- English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798)
- George VI
- King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1936 to 1947; he succeeded Edward VIII (1895-1952)
- George Washington Carver
- United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943)
- George Washington Goethals
- United States army officer and engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal (1858-1928)
- George Wells Beadle
- United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
- George Westinghouse
- United States inventor and manufacturer (1846-1914)
- George William Russell
- Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935)
- Georges Bizet
- French composer best known for his operas (1838-1875)
- Georges Braque
- French painter who led the cubist movement (1882-1963)
- Georges de La Tour
- French painter of religious works (1593-1652)
- Georges Enesco
- Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955)
- Georges Eugene Benjamin Clemenceau
- French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929)
- Georges Gilles de la Tourette
- French neurologist (1857-1904)
- Georges Henri Lemaitre
- Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966)
- Georges Jacques Danton
- French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794)
- Georges Joseph Christian Simenon
- French writer (born in Belgium) best known for his detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (1903-1989)
- Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier
- French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
- Georges Pierre Seurat
- French painter who developed pointillism (1859-1891)
- Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov
- Soviet general who during World War II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974)
- Georgia Okeeffe
- United States painter (1887-1986)
- Georgian
- a native or resident of the American state of Georgia
- Georgian
- a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia
- Georgiana Emma Barrymore
- United States actress; daughter of John Drew and wife of Maurice Barrymore; mother of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1854-1893)
- Gerald Rudolph Ford
- 38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-2006)
- Gerard Depardieu
- French film actor (born in 1948)
- Gerard Manley Hopkins
- English poet (1844-1889)
- Gerard Peter Kuiper
- United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973)
- Gerardus Mercator
- Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594)
- Gerhard Herzberg
- Canadian physicist (born in Germany) noted for contributions to understanding the structure of molecules (born in 1904)
- geriatrician
- a specialist in gerontology
- German
- a person of German nationality
- German American
- an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German
- German Nazi
- a German member of Adolf Hitler's political party
- Germanist
- a specialist in the study of Germanic language or culture or literature
- Geronimo
- Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)
- Gertrude Caroline Ederle
- United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1906-2003)
- Gertrude Lawrence
- English actress (1898-1952)
- Gertrude Stein
- experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946)
- Getulio Dornelles Vargas
- Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954)
- Ghanian
- a native or inhabitant of Ghana
- ghost
- the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- ghost
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- Giacomo della Chiesa
- pope who founded the Vatican service for prisoners of war during World War I (1854-1922)
- Giacomo Puccini
- Italian operatic composer noted for the dramatic realism of his operas (1858-1924)
- Giambattista Marino
- Italian poet (1569-1625)
- Gian Carlo Menotti
- United States composer (born in Italy) of operas (born in 1911)
- Gianbattista Bodoni
- Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813)
- Gianni Versace
- Italian fashion designer (1946-1997)
- giant
- a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
- Gibraltarian
- a native or inhabitant of Gibraltar
- Gibson girl
- the idealized American girl of the 1890s as pictured by C. D. Gibson
- Gideon Algernon Mantell
- English geologist remembered as the first person to recognize that dinosaurs were reptiles (1790-1852)
- giggler
- a person who laughs nervously
- gigolo
- a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman
- Gilbert Charles Stuart
- United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)
- gilder
- someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt
- Giles Lytton Strachey
- English biographer and leading member of the Bloomsbury Group (1880-1932)
- Gilgamesh
- a legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories
- gillie
- a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
- Giloacchino Antonio Rossini
- Italian composer remembered for his operas (1792-1868)
- Giordano Bruno
- Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy; condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600)
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Italian painter (born in Greece) whose deep shadows and barren landscapes strongly influenced the surrealists (1888-1978)
- Giorgio Vasari
- Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574)
- Giosue Carducci
- Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907)
- Giotto di Bondone
- Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style; considered the greatest Italian painter prior to the Renaissance (1267-1337)
- Giovanni Angelo Braschi
- Italian pope from 1775 to 1799 who served during the French Revolution; Napoleon attacked the Papal States and in 1797 Pius VI was taken to France where he died (1717-1799)
- Giovanni Battista Cibo
- Italian pope from 1484 to 1492 who was known as a nepotist and was attacked by Savonarola for his worldliness (1432-1492)
- Giovanni Battista Montini
- Italian pope from 1963 to 1978 who eased restrictions on fasting and on interfaith marriages (1897-1978)
- Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
- Italian painter (1696-1770)
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Italian poet (born in France) (1313-1375)
- Giovanni Cabato
- Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)
- Giovanni Cimabue
- painter of the Florentine school; anticipated the move from Byzantine to naturalistic art (1240-1302)
- Giovanni da Verrazzano
- Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528)
- Giovanni de'Medici
- son of Lorenzo de'Medici and pope from 1513 to 1521 who excommunicated Martin Luther and who in 1521 bestowed on Henry VIII the title of Defender of the Faith (1475-1521)
- Giovanni Francesco Albani
- Italian pope from 1700 to 1721 who condemned Jansenist ideas on papal infallibility
- Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt
- an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798)
- Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
- Italian sculptor and architect of the baroque period in Italy; designed many churches and chapels and tombs and fountains (1598-1680)
- Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti
- Italian pope from 1846 to 1878 who in 1854 declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
- Italian composer (1526-1594)
- Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci
- Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret archives to all scholars
- Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
- Italian astronomer who first noted lines (which he called canals) on the surface of Mars (1835-1910)
- gipsy
- a person who resembles a Gypsy in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life
- gipsy
- a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
- girl
- a friendly informal reference to a grown woman
- girl Friday
- a female assistant who has a range of duties
- Girl Scout
- a girl who is a member of the Girl Scouts
- girl wonder
- an extremely talented young female person
- girl
- a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
- girlfriend
- any female friend
- Girolamo Savonarola
- Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498)
- Girondist
- a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins
- gitana
- a Spanish female Gypsy
- gitano
- a Spanish male Gypsy
- Giulio de' Medici
- Italian pope from 1523 to 1534 who broke with Henry VIII of England after Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon and married Anne Boleyn (1478-1534)
- Giulio Natta
- Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882)
- Giuseppe Mazzini
- Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872)
- Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto
- pope who condemned religious modernism; he was canonized in 1954 because of his interest in the poor (1835-1914)
- giver
- someone who devotes himself completely
- gladiator
- (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat
- gladiator
- a professional boxer
- glass cutter
- someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass
- glass cutter
- someone who cuts flat glass to size
- glassblower
- someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass
- glassmaker
- someone who makes glass
- Glaswegian
- an inhabitant of Glasgow
- gleaner
- someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully
- gleaner
- someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters
- Glenda Jackson
- English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
- Glenn Hammond Curtiss
- United States industrialist and aviation pioneer (1878-1930)
- Glenn Theodore Seaborg
- United States chemist who was one of the discoverers of plutonium (1912-1999)
- globetrotter
- someone who travels widely and often
- gloomy Gus
- someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression
- Gloria May Josephine Svensson
- United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983)
- Gloria Steinem
- United States feminist (born in 1934)
- glossarist
- a scholiast who writes glosses or glossaries
- glutton
- a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
- Gnaeus Julius Agricola
- Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93)
- Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
- Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)
- Gnostic
- an advocate of Gnosticism
- go-between
- a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
- goalie
- the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal
- goat herder
- a person who tends a flock of goats
- gobbler
- a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls
- god
- a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people
- godchild
- an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism
- goddaughter
- a female godchild
- godfather
- someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild
- godfather
- any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism
- godmother
- any woman who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism
- godparent
- a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism
- godson
- a male godchild
- gofer
- an employee whose duties include running errands
- goffer
- a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
- gold digger
- a woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement
- gold digger
- a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field
- Golda Meir
- Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978)
- goldbeater
- an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf
- goldbrick
- a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
- goldbrick
- an idle worthless person
- golden ager
- an elderly person
- golden boy
- a man who is unusually successful at an early age
- goldsmith
- an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold
- golf player
- someone who plays the game of golf
- golf pro
- someone who earns a living by playing or teaching golf
- golf widow
- a wife who is left alone much of the time because her husband is playing golf
- goliard
- a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs
- Goliath
- (Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot
- Gond
- a member of a formerly tribal people in south central India
- gondolier
- a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola
- goner
- a person in desperate straits; someone doomed
- Gongorist
- a practitioner of the affected elegant style of the Spanish poet Gongora
- good egg
- (old-fashioned slang) a good person
- good guy
- any person who is on your side
- good ol' boy
- a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group
- good person
- a person who is good to other people
- good Samaritan
- a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble
- good speller
- someone who spells words
- goody-goody
- a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior
- goon
- an aggressive and violent young criminal
- Gordius
- legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot
- Gordon Howe
- Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928)
- gorger
- someone who eats food rapidly and greedily
- gossip columnist
- a journalist who writes a column of gossip about celebrities
- gossip
- a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
- Goth
- one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries
- Goth
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- Gothic romancer
- a writer of Gothic romances
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz
- German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781)
- Gottlieb Daimler
- German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900)
- gouger
- an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye
- Gouverneur Morris
- United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816)
- governess
- a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
- government agent
- a representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government
- government minister
- a person appointed to a high office in the government
- governor
- the head of a state government
- governor general
- a governor of high rank
- GP
- a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses
- grabber
- an unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately
- Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen
- United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
- grad student
- a student who continues studies after graduation
- grader
- a judge who assigns grades to something
- graduate nurse
- someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school
- Graecophile
- an admirer of Greece and everything Greek
- grain merchant
- a merchant who deals in food grains
- grammarian
- a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax
- gramps
- the father of your father or mother
- gran
- the mother of your father or mother
- grand dragon
- a high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klan
- grand duchess
- the wife of a grand duke or a woman holding that rank in her own right
- grand duke
- a prince who rules a territory
- Grand Inquisitor
- director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal)
- Grand Lama
- chief lama and once ruler of Tibet
- grand mufti
- the chief mufti of a district
- grand Turk
- the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
- grandaunt
- an aunt of your father or mother
- grandchild
- a child of your son or daughter
- granddaughter
- a female grandchild
- grande dame
- a middle-aged or elderly woman who is stylish and highly respected
- grandee
- a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal
- grandmaster
- a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge
- grandnephew
- a son of your niece or nephew
- grandniece
- a daughter of your niece or nephew
- grandparent
- a parent of your father or mother
- grandson
- a male grandchild
- grandstander
- someone who performs with an eye to the applause from spectators in the grandstand
- granduncle
- an uncle of your father or mother
- granny
- an old woman
- Grant Wood
- United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)
- grantee
- a recipient of a grant
- granter
- a person who grants or gives something
- grantor
- a person who makes a grant in legal form
- Granville Stanley Hall
- United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)
- graphic artist
- an artist who designs and makes prints
- graphologist
- a specialist in inferring character from handwriting
- grappler
- combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground
- grass
- a police informer who implicates many people
- gravedigger
- a person who earns a living by digging graves
- graverobber
- someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts
- gravida
- a pregnant woman
- gravida I
- (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time
- gravida II
- a woman who is pregnant for the second time
- gravida III
- a woman who is pregnant for the third time
- grazier
- a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
- greaser
- (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent
- great
- a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
- great grandchild
- a child of your grandson or granddaughter
- great granddaughter
- a daughter of your grandson or granddaughter
- great grandfather
- a father of your grandparent
- great grandmother
- a mother of your grandparent
- great grandparent
- a parent of your grandparent
- great grandson
- a son of your grandson or granddaughter
- Great Russian
- a member of the chief stock of Russian people living in European Russia; used to distinguish ethnic Russians from other peoples incorporated into Russia
- great white hope
- someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field
- Grecian
- a native or resident of Greece
- Greek Catholic
- a member of the Greek Orthodox Church
- Green
- an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
- Green Beret
- a soldier who is a member of the United States Army Special Forces
- greengrocer
- a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables
- greenskeeper
- someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course
- greeter
- a person who greets
- Gregory Goodwin Pincus
- United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)
- Gregory John Norman
- Australian golfer (born in 1955)
- Gregory the Great
- (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604)
- Gregory VII
- the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085)
- grenade thrower
- an infantryman equipped with grenades
- Grenadian
- a native or inhabitant of Grenada
- Greta Louisa Gustafsson
- United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)
- Grey Friar
- a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
- griever
- a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
- Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin
- a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)
- Grigori Efimovich Rasputin
- Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916)
- gringo
- a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen)
- grinner
- a person who grins
- griot
- a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
- grip
- worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made
- groaner
- a person who groans
- grocer
- a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)
- grocery boy
- a delivery boy for groceries
- groom
- someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
- groomsman
- a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
- Gros Ventre
- a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota
- groundbreaker
- someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
- groundkeeper
- someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
- groundling
- in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section
- group captain
- a commissioned officer (especially one in the Royal Air Force) equivalent in rank to a colonel in the army
- groupie
- an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)
- growler
- a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl
- grunt
- an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
- grunter
- a person who grunts
- Guarani
- a member of the South American people living in Paraguay and Bolivia
- guarantor
- one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
- guard
- the person who plays that position on a football team
- guard
- a person who keeps watch over something or someone
- guard
- the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
- guard of honor
- an escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral
- guardsman
- a soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards'
- Guatemalan
- a native or inhabitant of Guatemala
- guerilla
- a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
- guesser
- a person who guesses
- guest
- a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
- guest of honor
- the person in whose honor a gathering is held
- guest worker
- a person with temporary permission to work in another country
- guest
- a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
- Guglielmo Marconi
- Italian electrical engineer who invented wireless telegraphy and in 1901 transmitted radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean (1874-1937)
- Guibert of Ravenna
- Italian antipope from 1080 to 1100 who was installed as pope by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV who consistently opposed efforts at papal reform (died in 1100)
- guide
- someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- guide
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- guide
- someone employed to conduct others
- guiding light
- a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
- Guillaume de Grimoard
- French pope from 1362 to 1370 who tried to reestablish the papacy in Rome but in 1367 returned to Avignon hoping to end the war between France and England; canonized in 1870 (1310-1370)
- Guinea
- (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
- Guinean
- a native or inhabitant of Guinea
- Guiseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
- Italian operatic composer (1813-1901)
- Guiseppe Guarneri
- Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745)
- guitar player
- a musician who plays the guitar
- Gujerati
- a member of the people of Gujarat
- gulper
- a drinker who swallows large amounts greedily
- gun
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- gun
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- gunnery sergeant
- a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant in the marines
- gunsmith
- someone who makes or repairs guns
- Gunter Wilhelm Grass
- German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)
- Gurkha
- a member of Hindu people descended from brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal
- Gurkha
- a member of the Nepalese force that has been part of the British army for 200 years; known for fierceness in combat
- guru
- a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
- guru
- a recognized leader in some field or of some movement
- Guru
- each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion
- Guru Nanak
- Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism in dissent from the caste system of Hinduism; he taught that all men had a right to search for knowledge of God and that spiritual liberation could be attained by meditating on the name of God (1469-1538)
- Gustav Klimt
- Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918)
- Gustav Ludwig Hertz
- German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975)
- Gustav Mahler
- Austrian composer and conductor (1860-1911)
- Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
- German physicist who with Bunsen pioneered spectrum analysis and formulated two laws governing electric networks (1824-1887)
- Gustav Theodor Fechner
- German physicist who founded psychophysics; derived Fechner's law on the basis of early work by E. H. Weber (1801-1887)
- Gustave Courbet
- French painter noted for his realistic depiction of everyday scenes (1819-1877)
- Gustave Flaubert
- French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880)
- Gustavus Adolphus
- king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632)
- Gustavus Franklin Swift
- United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)
- Gustavus I
- king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560)
- Gustavus III
- king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792)
- Gustavus IV
- king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837)
- Gustavus V
- king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950)
- Gustavus VI
- the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973)
- gutter
- a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
- guttersnipe
- a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas
- guvnor
- (British slang) boss
- Guy Fawkes
- English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606)
- Guy of Burgundy
- pope who in 1122 forced the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V to sign a concordat that recognized the right of the church to choose its own leadership (died in 1124)
- Guyanese
- a native or inhabitant of Guyana
- guzzler
- someone who drinks heavily (especially alcoholic beverages)
- gym rat
- someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa
- gymnast
- an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics
- gymnosophist
- member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)
- gynaecologist
- a specialist in gynecology
- Habakkuk
- a Hebrew minor prophet
- habitual criminal
- someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
- Hablot Knight Browne
- English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
- hack
- a mediocre and disdained writer
- hack
- a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- hacker
- a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
- hacker
- someone who plays golf poorly
- hadji
- an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca
- haematologist
- a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
- Haggai
- a Hebrew minor prophet
- haggler
- an intense bargainer
- hagiographer
- the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
- Haida
- a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska
- hairdresser
- someone who cuts or beautifies hair
- hairsplitter
- a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions
- Haitian
- a native or inhabitant of Haiti
- hajji
- a general term used by foreign soldiers to refer to the Iraqi people
- hakeem
- a Muslim physician
- Hakham
- a Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man
- hakim
- a Muslim ruler or governor or judge
- Hakka
- a member of a people of southeastern China (especially Hong Kong, Canton, and Taiwan) who migrated from the north in the 12th century
- halberdier
- a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty)
- Halchidhoma
- a member of a North American Indian people of the Colorado river valley near the mouth of the Gila river; allied to the Maricopa
- half blood
- one of siblings who have only one parent in common
- half brother
- a brother who has only one parent in common with you
- half sister
- a sister who has only one parent in common with you
- half-breed
- an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different racial group (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)
- half-caste
- an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different racial groups or cultures
- half-pint
- disparaging terms for small people
- halfback
- (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position
- ham
- a licensed amateur radio operator
- Ham
- (Old Testament) son of Noah
- ham
- an unskilled actor who overacts
- Haman
- (Old Testament) the minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them
- Hammurapi
- Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)
- hand
- a member of the crew of a ship
- hand
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- handicapped person
- a person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically or mentally or socially
- handicapper
- someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race)
- handler
- an agent who handles something or someone
- handmaid
- a personal maid or female attendant
- handyman
- a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks
- hang glider
- a rider of a hang glider
- hanger
- a worker who hangs something
- hanger-on
- someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along
- hangman
- an executioner who hangs the condemned person
- hangover
- an official who remains in office after his term
- Hannah Arendt
- United States historian and political philosopher (born in Germany) (1906-1975)
- Hannibal
- general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC)
- Hanoverian
- any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover
- Hanoverian
- a member (or supporter) of the house of Hanover
- Hans Albrecht Bethe
- United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for research in astrophysics and nuclear physics (1906-2005)
- Hans Arp
- Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966)
- Hans C. J. Gram
- Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)
- Hans Christian Andersen
- a Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875)
- Hans Christian Oersted
- Danish physicist (1777-1851)
- Hans Conrad Julius Reiter
- German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as Reiter's syndrome and who identified the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969)
- Hans Fischer
- German chemist noted for his synthesis of hemin (1881-1945)
- Hans Geiger
- German physicist who developed the Geiger counter (1882-1945)
- Hans Jurgen Eysenck
- a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis
- Hans Zinsser
- United States bacteriologist who helped develop immunization against typhus fever (1878-1940)
- haranguer
- a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech
- harasser
- a persistent tormentor
- harasser
- a persistent attacker
- hard worker
- someone who works as hard as a slave
- hardliner
- a conservative who is uncompromising
- hardwareman
- someone who sells hardware
- Hare Krishna
- worshipper of Krishna and member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- Harijan
- belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
- Harlan Fisk Stone
- United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
- Harlan Fiske Stone
- United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)
- Harlean Carpenter
- United States film actress who made several films with Clark Gable (1911-1937)
- harlequin
- a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
- Harley Granville-Barker
- English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946)
- Harlow Shapley
- United States astronomer (1885-1972)
- harmoniser
- a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another
- harmoniser
- a musician who sings or plays in harmony
- Harold Clayton Lloyd
- United States comic actor in silent films; he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971)
- Harold Clayton Urey
- United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981)
- Harold Harefoot
- illegitimate son of Canute who seized the throne of England in 1037 (died in 1040)
- Harold Hart Crane
- United States poet (1899-1932)
- Harold Hirschsprung
- Danish pediatrician (1830-1916)
- Harold Pinter
- English dramatist whose plays are characterized by silences and the use of inaction (born in 1930)
- harper
- someone who plays the harp
- harpooneer
- someone who launches harpoons
- harpsichordist
- someone who plays the harpsichord
- harpy
- a malicious woman with a fierce temper
- harridan
- a scolding (even vicious) old woman
- Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe
- United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)
- Harriet Tubman
- United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913)
- Harriet Wilson
- author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
- Harry Bridges
- United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)
- Harry Fitch Kleinfelter
- United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912)
- Harry Houdini
- United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926)
- Harry Lillis Crosby
- United States singer and film actor (1903-1977)
- Harry Sinclair Lewis
- United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951)
- Harry Stack Sullivan
- United States psychiatrist (1892-1949)
- Harvery Williams Cushing
- United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)
- harvester
- someone who helps to gather the harvest
- Hasdrubal
- general who commanded a Carthaginian army in Spain; joined his brother Hannibal in Italy and was killed by the Romans at the battle of Metaurus River (died 207 BC)
- hatchet man
- a professional killer
- hatemonger
- one who arouses hatred for others
- hater
- a person who hates
- hatmaker
- someone who makes and sells hats
- hauler
- a haulage contractor
- Haussa
- a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria
- Havasupai
- a member of a North American Indian people of Cataract Canyon in Arizona
- have
- a person who possesses great material wealth
- have-not
- a person with few or no possessions
- Hawaiian
- a native or resident of Hawaii
- hawk
- an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
- hawker
- someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
- Haym Salomon
- American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785)
- he-man
- a man who is virile and sexually active
- head linesman
- a football official in charge of recording yardage gained or lost
- head nurse
- the person in charge of nursing in a medical institution
- head of household
- the head of a household or family or tribe
- head
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- head-shrinker
- a physician who specializes in psychiatry
- headhunter
- a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
- headhunter
- a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
- headliner
- a performer who receives prominent billing
- headman
- an executioner who beheads the condemned person
- headmaster
- presiding officer of a school
- headmistress
- a woman headmaster
- healer
- a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
- hearing examiner
- an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers
- heartbreaker
- a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships
- heartthrob
- an object of infatuation
- heaver
- a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)
- heavy
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- heavy hitter
- an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in
- heavyweight
- a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds
- heavyweight
- a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds
- heavyweight
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds
- Hebraist
- linguist specializing in the Hebrew language
- Hector Hugh Munro
- British writer of short stories (1870-1916)
- hedger
- a gardener who takes care of and trims hedges
- hedger
- someone who counterbalances one transaction (as a bet) against another in order to protect against loss
- hedonist
- someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
- Hegelian
- a follower of the thought of Hegel
- Heinrich Engelhard Steinway
- United States piano maker (born in Germany) who founded a famous piano manufacturing firm in New York (1797-1871)
- Heinrich Himmler
- German Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945)
- Heinrich Rudolph Hertz
- German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)
- Heinrich Schliemann
- German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890)
- Heinrich Theodor Boell
- German novelist and writer of short stories (1917-1985)
- heir apparent
- an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor
- heir presumptive
- a person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative
- heir
- a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
- heir
- a person who inherits some title or office
- heir-at-law
- the person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate
- heiress
- a female heir
- Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Brazilian composer (1887-1959)
- Helen Adams Keller
- United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months; Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak; Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968)
- Helen Hayes
- acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993)
- Helen Laura Sumner Woodbury
- United States social economist (1876-1933)
- Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson
- United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885)
- Helen Newington Wills
- United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)
- Helen Porter Mitchell
- Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931)
- Helen Traubel
- United States operatic soprano (1903-1972)
- Hellene
- a native or inhabitant of Greece
- hellhound
- a very evil man
- helmsman
- the person who steers a ship
- Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
- German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918)
- Heloise
- student and mistress and wife of Abelard (circa 1098-1164)
- helot
- (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
- helpmate
- a helpful partner
- hemiplegic
- a person who has hemiplegia (is paralyzed on one side of the body)
- Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
- Dutch physicist noted for work on electromagnetic theory (1853-1928)
- Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
- South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid (1901-1966)
- Hendrik Petrus Berlage
- Dutch architect and town planner (1856-1934)
- Henri Clemens van de Velde
- Belgian architect (1863-1957)
- Henri Emile Benoit Matisse
- French painter and sculptor; leading figure of fauvism (1869-1954)
- Henri Labrouste
- French architect who was among the first to use metal construction successfully (1801-1875)
- Henri Louis Bergson
- French philosopher who proposed elan vital as the cause of evolution and development (1859-1941)
- Henri Pitot
- French physicist for whom the Pitot tube was named (1695-1771)
- Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant
- French writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893)
- Henri Toulouse-Lautrec
- French painter who portrayed life in the cafes and music halls of Montmartre (1864-1901)
- Henriette Rosine Bernard
- French actress (1844-1923)
- Henrik Johan Ibsen
- realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906)
- Henry Alfred Kissinger
- United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923)
- Henry Beauclerc
- King of England from 1100 to 1135; youngest son of William the Conqueror; conquered Normandy in 1106 (1068-1135)
- Henry Bolingbroke
- the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)
- Henry Cavendish
- British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)
- Henry Clay Frick
- United States industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry (1849-1919)
- Henry David Thoreau
- United States writer and social critic (1817-1862)
- Henry Fielding
- English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754)
- Henry Fonda
- United States film actor (1905-1982)
- Henry Ford
- United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947)
- Henry Ford II
- grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987)
- Henry Graham Greene
- English novelist and Catholic (1904-1991)
- Henry Hobson Richardson
- United States architect (1838-1886)
- Henry Hubert Turner
- United States endocrinologist (1892-1970)
- Henry Hudson
- English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611)
- Henry II
- first Plantagenet King of England; instituted judicial and financial reforms; quarreled with archbishop Becket concerning the authority of the Crown over the church (1133-1189)
- Henry II
- king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559)
- Henry III
- son of King John and king of England from 1216 to 1272; his incompetence aroused baronial opposition led by Simon de Montfort (1207-1272)
- Henry III
- son of Henry II of France and the last Valois to be king of France (1551-1589)
- Henry IV
- King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106)
- Henry James
- writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916)
- Henry John Heinz
- United States industrialist who manufactured and sold processed foods (1844-1919)
- Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell
- English film director (born in 1927)
- Henry Laurens
- leader of the American Revolution and president of the Continental Congress (1724-1792)
- Henry le Chatelier
- French chemist who formulated Le Chatelier's principle (1850-1936)
- Henry Louis Aaron
- United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934)
- Henry Louis Gehrig
- baseball player who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (1903-1941)
- Henry Louis Mencken
- United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956)
- Henry Martyn Robert
- United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
- Henry Norris Russell
- United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution (1877-1957)
- Henry of Navarre
- king of France from 1589 to 1610; although he was leader of the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established religious freedom in France
- Henry Oscar Houghton
- United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895)
- Henry Purcell
- English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695)
- Henry Robinson Luce
- United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967)
- Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
- United States geologist and ethnologist and explorer who discovered the source of the Mississippi River (1793-1864)
- Henry Spencer Moore
- British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms (1898-1986)
- Henry Sweet
- English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
- Henry Tudor
- first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king; married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and Lancaster (1457-1509)
- Henry V
- son of Henry IV and King of England from 1413 to 1422; reopened the Hundred Years' War and defeated the French at Agincourt (1387-1422)
- Henry Valentine Miller
- United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980)
- Henry VI
- son of Henry V who as an infant succeeded his father and was King of England from 1422 to 1461; he was taken prisoner in 1460 and Edward IV was proclaimed king; he was rescued and regained the throne in 1470 but was recaptured and murdered in the Tower of London (1421-1471)
- Henry VII
- King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1275-1313)
- Henry VIII
- son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547; his divorce from Catherine of Aragon resulted in his break with the Catholic Church in 1534 and his excommunication 1538, leading to the start of the Reformation in England (1491-1547)
- Henry Villard
- United States railroad magnate and businessman (1835-1900)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882)
- Henry Ward Beecher
- United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887)
- Henry Watson Fowler
- English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933)
- Henry Wheeler Shaw
- United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)
- Heraclitus
- a presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (circa 500 BC)
- herald
- (formal) a person who announces important news
- herb doctor
- a therapist who heals by the use of herbs
- Herbert Alexander Simon
- United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001)
- Herbert Clark Hoover
- 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
- Herbert George Wells
- prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)
- Herbert Marcuse
- United States political philosopher (born in Germany) concerned about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology (1898-1979)
- Herbert Marshall McLuhan
- Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980)
- Herbert Marx
- United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979)
- Herbert McLean Evans
- United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971)
- Herbert Spencer
- English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
- Herero
- a member of a pastoral Bantu people living in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola
- heretic
- a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
- heretic
- a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
- Herman Hollerith
- United States inventor who invented a system for recording alphanumeric information on punched cards (1860-1929)
- Herman Melville
- United States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891)
- Herman Northrop Frye
- Canadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and symbolism (1912-1991)
- Herman Wouk
- United States writer (born in 1915)
- Hermann Hesse
- Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)
- Hermann Joseph Muller
- United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967)
- Hermann Maurice Saxe
- a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)
- Hermann Minkowski
- German mathematician (born in Russia) who suggested the concept of four-dimensional space-time (1864-1909)
- Hermann Snellen
- Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908)
- Hermann Wilhelm Goring
- German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946)
- hermit
- one who lives in solitude
- Hernando Cortes
- Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
- hero
- a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
- Hero of Alexandria
- Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
- hero worshiper
- someone who worships heroes
- Herod the Great
- king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC)
- Herodotus
- the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC)
- heroine
- a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds
- herpetologist
- a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians
- Herr
- a German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English
- Hesiod
- Greek poet whose existing works describe rural life and the genealogies of the gods and the beginning of the world (eighth century BC)
- hesitater
- one who hesitates (usually out of fear)
- heterosexual
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- hewer
- a person who hews
- Hezekiah
- (Old Testament) king of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC)
- Hiawatha
- a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century)
- Hideki Yukawa
- Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981)
- Hideyo Noguchi
- United States bacteriologist (born in Japan) who discovered the cause of yellow fever and syphilis (1876-1928)
- hierarch
- a person who holds a high position in a hierarchy
- Hieronymus Bosch
- Dutch painter (1450-1516)
- high commissioner
- a senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank
- high priest
- a preeminent authority or major proponent of a movement or doctrine
- high roller
- a gambler who wagers large sums
- high-muck-a-muck
- an arrogant or conceited person of importance
- highbinder
- a corrupt politician
- highbrow
- a person of intellectual or erudite tastes
- higher-up
- one of greater rank or station or quality
- highflier
- a person of great ability and ambition
- highjacker
- a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
- highjacker
- someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination
- Highlander
- a soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands
- Highness
- (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person
- highway engineer
- a civil engineer who specializes in the design and construction of roads and highways
- hiker
- a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
- Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
- French impressionist painter (1834-1917)
- Hilary Rodham Clinton
- wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-)
- Hillel
- Palestinian rabbi and interpreter of Judaic law
- Hinayanist
- an adherent of Hinayana Buddhism
- Hindoo
- a person who adheres to Hinduism
- Hindustani
- a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India
- Hipparchus
- Greek astronomer and mathematician who discovered the precession of the equinoxes and made the first known star chart and is said to have invented trigonometry (second century BC)
- Hippocrates
- medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)
- Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux
- French novelist and dramatist whose plays were reinterpretations of Greek myths (1882-1944)
- Hiram King Williams
- United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953)
- hire
- a newly hired employee
- hired help
- employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively)
- hireling
- a person who works only for money
- Hispanic American
- an American whose first language is Spanish
- hisser
- someone who communicates disapproval by hissing
- histologist
- anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues
- historian
- a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
- hitchhiker
- a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles
- Hitchiti
- a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia; a member of the Creek Confederacy
- hitter
- someone who hits
- Hittite
- a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC
- Hmong
- a people living traditionally in mountain villages in southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam and Laos and Thailand; many have emigrated to the United States
- Hoagland Howard Carmichael
- United States songwriter (1899-1981)
- hoarder
- a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use
- hobbledehoy
- an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy
- hobbler
- someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait
- hobbyist
- a person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure
- hobo
- a worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places
- hockey coach
- a coach of hockey players
- hockey player
- an athlete who plays hockey
- hod carrier
- a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers
- hog
- a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- hoister
- an operator of a hoist
- Hokan
- a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages
- Holbein the Elder
- German painter of religious works (1465-1524)
- Holbein the Younger
- German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543)
- holder
- a person who holds something
- holdout
- a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms
- holdup man
- an armed thief
- holidaymaker
- someone who travels for pleasure
- Holofernes
- (Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith
- Holy Joe
- a chaplain in one of the military services
- Holy Roller
- a member of a religion that expresses ecstatic fervor
- Holy Roman Emperor
- sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire
- Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II
- the Holy Roman Emperor who led the Sixth Crusade and crowned himself king of Jerusalem (1194-1250)
- home buyer
- someone buying a house
- home help
- a person hired to help in another's home (especially one employed by a local authority to help the infirm with domestic work)
- homebody
- a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel
- homeboy
- a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown
- homeboy
- a fellow male member of a youth gang
- homebuilder
- someone who builds houses as a business
- homegirl
- a fellow female member of a youth gang
- homeless
- someone unfortunate without housing
- homemaker
- a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
- homeopath
- a practitioner of homeopathy
- homeowner
- someone who owns a home
- Homer
- ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
- Homer Armstrong Thompson
- United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)
- homesteader
- someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
- Homo heidelbergensis
- a type of primitive man who lived in Europe
- homophobe
- a person who hates or fears homosexual people
- homunculus
- a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
- homunculus
- a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
- Honduran
- a native or inhabitant of Honduras
- honest woman
- a wife who has married a man with whom she has been living for some time (especially if she is pregnant at the time)
- honeymooner
- someone recently married
- honker
- a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound
- honkey
- (slang) offensive names for a White man
- Honore Daumier
- French painter best known for his satirical lithographs of bourgeois society (1808-1879)
- Honore de Balzac
- French novelist; he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850)
- Honore-Gabriel Victor Riqueti
- French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791)
- honoree
- a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments
- hoodoo
- a practitioner of voodoo
- hoofer
- a professional dancer
- hooker
- (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot
- hooker
- a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)
- hooky player
- one who is absent from school without permission
- Hooray Henry
- a lively and ineffectual upper-class young man
- hope
- someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
- hoper
- a person who hopes
- Hopi
- a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona
- hopper
- someone who hops
- Horace
- Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
- Horace Greeley
- United States journalist with political ambitions (1811-1872)
- Horace Mann
- United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859)
- Horatio Alger
- United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899)
- hornist
- a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn)
- horologer
- someone who makes or repairs watches
- horse doctor
- a veterinarian who treats horses
- horse fancier
- a person who breeds and cares for horses
- horse trader
- a hard bargainer
- horse wrangler
- a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses
- horsewoman
- a woman horseman
- horticulturist
- an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
- Hosea
- a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC)
- hosier
- a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear
- Hosni Mubarak
- Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929)
- hospital attendant
- a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
- hospital chaplain
- a chaplain in a hospital
- host
- a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
- host
- (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
- hostage
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- hosteller
- a traveler who lodges in hostels
- hosteller
- an owner or manager of hotels
- hostess
- a woman innkeeper
- hostess
- a woman host
- hot dog
- someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself
- hotel detective
- a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store
- hotspur
- a rash or impetuous person
- houri
- a voluptuously beautiful young woman
- house guest
- a guest entertained in your house
- house husband
- a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income
- house painter
- a painter of houses a similar buildings
- house physician
- a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
- house sitter
- a custodian who lives in and cares for a house while the regular occupant is away (usually without an exchange of money)
- housebreaker
- a wrecker of houses
- housefather
- a man in charge of children in an institution
- housekeeper
- a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
- houseman
- an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
- housemaster
- teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse
- housemate
- someone who resides in the same house with you
- housemother
- a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people
- housing commissioner
- a commissioner in charge of public housing
- Howard Carter
- Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
- Howard Lindsay
- United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)
- Howard Pyle
- United States writer and illustrator of children's books (1853-1911)
- Howard Robard Hughes
- United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)
- hoyden
- a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
- Hrolf
- Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931)
- Hualapai
- a member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona
- Huayna Capac
- the Incan ruler under whom the Incan empire reached its widest extent (died in 1525)
- hubby
- a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
- huckster
- a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
- Huddie Leadbetter
- United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949)
- huddler
- a person who crouches
- huddler
- a member of a huddle
- Hudson Hoagland
- United States physiologist (1899-1982)
- hugger
- a person who hugs
- Hugh Capet
- King of France elected in 987 and founding the Capetian dynasty (940-996)
- Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto
- Finnish architect and designer of furniture (1898-1976)
- Hugo De Vries
- Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935)
- Hugo Junkers
- German aircraft engineer who designed the first all-metal airplane (1859-1935)
- Hugo von Hoffmannsthal
- German poet who wrote libretti for operas by Richard Strauss (1874-1929)
- Hugo Wolf
- Austrian composer (1860-1903)
- Huguenot
- a French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries
- Huig de Groot
- Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645)
- Huldreich Zwingli
- Swiss theologian whose sermons began the Reformation in Switzerland (1484-1531)
- humanist
- a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
- humanist
- an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans
- humdinger
- someone of remarkable excellence
- Hume Blake Cronyn
- Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003)
- hummer
- a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words
- humorist
- someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way
- Humphrey DeForest Bogart
- United States film actor (1899-1957)
- Hun
- a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century
- Hungarian
- a native or inhabitant of Hungary
- hunger marcher
- an unemployed person who participates in a hunger march
- hunk
- a well-built sexually attractive man
- Hunkpapa
- a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains
- hunted person
- a person who is hunted
- hunter
- a person who searches for something
- hunter
- someone who hunts game
- hunter-gatherer
- a member of a hunting and gathering society
- hunting guide
- guide to people hunting in unfamiliar territory
- huntress
- a woman hunter
- Hupa
- a member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California
- hurdler
- an athlete who runs the hurdles
- hurler
- (baseball) the person who does the pitching
- hussar
- a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress
- Hussite
- an adherent of the religious reforms of John Huss
- hustler
- a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
- Hutu
- a member of a Bantu people living in Rwanda and Burundi
- hydrologist
- a geologist skilled in hydrology
- hydromancer
- one who practices hydromancy
- hygienist
- a medical specialist in hygiene
- Hyman George Rickover
- United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986)
- hymie
- (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
- Hypatia
- Greek philosopher and astronomer; she invented the astrolabe (370-415)
- hyperope
- a person with hyperopia; a farsighted person
- hypertensive
- a person who has abnormally high blood pressure
- hypnotiser
- a person who induces hypnosis
- hypochondriac
- a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
- hypoplastic dwarf
- an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal
- hypotensive
- a person who has abnormally low blood pressure
- hysteric
- a person suffering from hysteria
- Ian Douglas Smith
- Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
- Ian Lancaster Fleming
- British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964)
- Ian Wilmut
- English geneticist who succeeded in cloning a sheep from a cell from an adult ewe (born in 1944)
- Iberian
- a native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times)
- Iberian
- a native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus
- ibn Talal Hussein
- king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999)
- Ibrahim
- the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son
- ice-skater
- someone who engages in ice skating
- Icelander
- a native or inhabitant of Iceland
- iceman
- someone who cuts and delivers ice
- ichthyologist
- a zoologist who studies fishes
- iconoclast
- someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions
- iconoclast
- a destroyer of images used in religious worship
- Ida Minerva Tarbell
- United States writer remembered for her muckraking investigations into industries in the early 20th century (1857-1944)
- Idahoan
- a native or resident of Idaho
- idealogue
- someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)
- identical twin
- either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)
- ideologist
- an advocate of some ideology
- idiot savant
- person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)
- idol worshiper
- a person who worships idols
- idol
- someone who is adored blindly and excessively
- idolatress
- a woman idolater
- idoliser
- a lover blind with admiration and devotion
- Ieoh Ming Pei
- United States architect (born in China in 1917)
- Igbo
- a member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria
- Ignace Jan Paderewski
- Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941)
- ignoramus
- an ignorant person
- Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
- composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971)
- Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky
- United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972)
- Igor Yevgeneevich Tamm
- Russian physicist (1895-1971)
- Ilich Ramirez Sanchez
- Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
- Illinois
- a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west
- Illinoisan
- a native or resident of Illinois
- illiterate
- a person unable to read
- illusionist
- a person with unusual powers of foresight
- illustrator
- an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)
- Ilya Grigorievich Ehrenberg
- Russian novelist (1891-1967)
- Ilya Ilich Metchnikov
- Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916)
- imam
- (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
- Imamu Amiri Baraka
- United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934)
- imitator
- someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
- Immanuel Kant
- influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804)
- immigrant
- a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
- immortal
- a person (such as an author) of enduring fame
- immune
- a person who is immune to a particular infection
- immunologist
- a medical scientist who specializes in immunology
- Imogene Coca
- United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001)
- imp
- one who is playfully mischievous
- imperialist
- a believer in imperialism
- import
- an imported person brought from a foreign country
- important person
- a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
- importer
- someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
- impresario
- a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
- impressionist
- a painter who follows the theories of Impressionism
- in-law
- a relative by marriage
- inamorata
- a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship
- inamorato
- a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship
- Inca
- a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)
- Incan
- a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru
- incompetent
- someone who is not competent to take effective action
- incubus
- someone who depresses or worries others
- incumbent
- the official who holds an office
- incurable
- a person whose disease is incurable
- index case
- the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study
- indexer
- someone who provides an index
- Indian
- a native or inhabitant of India
- Indian agent
- a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations)
- Indian chieftain
- the leader of a group of Native Americans
- Indian giver
- an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you
- Indianan
- a native or resident of Indiana
- Indira Nehru Gandhi
- daughter of Nehru who served as prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984)
- individual
- a human being
- individualist
- a person who pursues independent thought or action
- Indo-European
- a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
- Indonesian
- a native or inhabitant of Indonesia
- inducer
- someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on
- inductee
- a person inducted into an organization or social group
- industrialist
- someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise
- industry analyst
- an analyst of conditions affecting a particular industry
- inexperienced person
- a person who lacks knowledge of evil
- infanticide
- a person who murders an infant
- inferior
- one of lesser rank or station or quality
- infernal
- an inhabitant of Hell
- infielder
- (baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield
- infiltrator
- an intruder (as troops) with hostile intent
- infiltrator
- someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage
- influence
- one having power to influence another
- informant
- a person who supplies information
- informant
- someone who sees an event and reports what happened
- ingenue
- an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage)
- ingenue
- an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl
- Ingerman
- a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built
- Ingmar Bergman
- Swedish film director who used heavy symbolism and explored the psychology of the characters (born 1918)
- ingrate
- a person who shows no gratitude
- Ingrid Bergman
- Swedish film actress (1915-1982)
- Inigo Jones
- one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)
- initiate
- someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
- initiator
- a person who initiates a course of action
- inmate
- one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)
- inmate
- a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
- inoculator
- a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases
- inquiry agent
- a private detective
- Inquisitor
- an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
- inquisitor
- a questioner who is excessively harsh
- insider
- an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations
- insomniac
- someone who cannot sleep
- inspector
- a high ranking police officer
- inspector general
- a military officer responsible for investigations
- instructor
- a person whose occupation is teaching
- instructress
- a woman instructor
- instrumentalist
- someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
- insured
- a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.
- intellect
- a person who uses the mind creatively
- intelligence agent
- a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
- intelligence analyst
- a government analyst of information about an enemy or potential enemy
- interlocutor
- the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
- interloper
- someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
- internal auditor
- an auditor who is an employee of the company whose records are audited and who provides information to the management and board of directors
- International Grandmaster
- a chess player who has been awarded the highest title by an international chess organization
- internationalist
- a member of a socialist or communist international
- internationalist
- an advocate of internationalism
- internee
- a person who is interned
- internist
- a specialist in internal medicine
- internuncio
- (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio
- interpreter
- someone who uses art to represent something
- interpreter
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- interpreter
- someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
- intervenor
- (law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding
- interviewee
- a person who is interviewed
- interviewer
- a person who conducts an interview
- introvert
- (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts
- invalid
- someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
- invalidator
- an official who can invalidate or nullify
- investigator
- someone who investigates
- investigator
- a scientist who devotes himself to doing research
- investment adviser
- someone who advises others how to invest their money
- investment banker
- a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities
- investor
- someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
- invigilator
- someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating
- Io
- (Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer
- Ionian
- a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
- Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
- Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
- Iowan
- a native or resident of Iowa
- Ioway
- a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri
- Ira Gershwin
- United States lyricist who frequently collaborated with his brother George Gershwin (1896-1983)
- Iranian
- a native or inhabitant of Iran
- Iraqi
- a native or inhabitant of Iraq
- Irene Joliot-Curie
- French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956)
- Irish person
- a native or inhabitant of Ireland
- Irishman
- a man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland
- Irishwoman
- a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland
- iron man
- a strong man of exceptional physical endurance
- ironist
- a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
- ironside
- a man of great strength or bravery
- ironworker
- a person who makes articles of iron
- Iroquois
- any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution
- irredentist
- an advocate of irredentism
- irreligionist
- someone who is indifferent or hostile to religion
- Irving Berlin
- United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989)
- Irving Howe
- United States editor (1920-1993)
- Irving Langmuir
- United States chemist who studied surface chemistry and developed the gas-filled tungsten lamp and worked on high temperature electrical discharges (1881-1957)
- Isaac
- (Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau
- Isaac Asimov
- United States writer (born in Russia) noted for his science fiction (1920-1992)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer
- United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991)
- Isaac Hull
- United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)
- Isaac Mayer Wise
- United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)
- Isaac Merrit Singer
- United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)
- Isaac Stern
- United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
- Isaac Watts
- English poet and theologian (1674-1748)
- Isabella Stewart Gardner
- United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924)
- Isabella the Catholic
- the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)
- Isadora Duncan
- United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927)
- Isaiah
- (Old Testament) the first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC)
- Isamu Noguchi
- United States sculptor (1904-1988)
- Ishmael
- (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes
- Ishmael
- a person who is rejected (from society or home)
- Isidor Feinstein Stone
- United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
- Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Comte
- French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study
- Islamist
- a scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies
- Islamist
- an orthodox Muslim
- island-dweller
- an inhabitant of an island
- Ismailian
- an adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism
- Isocrates
- Athenian rhetorician and orator (436-338 BC)
- isolationist
- an advocate of isolationism in international affairs
- Isoroku Yamamoto
- Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943)
- Israel Strassberg
- United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982)
- Israel Zangwill
- English writer (1864-1926)
- Israeli
- a native or inhabitant of Israel
- Israelite
- a native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Israel
- Israelite
- a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
- Issachar
- (Old Testament) a son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel
- issue
- the immediate descendants of a person
- Italian
- a native or inhabitant of Italy
- Italo Calvino
- Italian writer of novels and short stories (born in Cuba) (1923-1987)
- Ithiel Town
- United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844)
- Ivan III Vasilievich
- grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505)
- Ivan Iv Vasilievich
- the first czar of Russia (1530-1584)
- Ivan Lendl
- United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships; in 1992 he became a United States citizen (born in 1960)
- Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
- Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936)
- Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
- Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883)
- Ivor Armstrong Richards
- English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979)
- Ivy Leaguer
- a student or graduate at an Ivy League school
- Izaak Walton
- English writer remember for his treatise on fishing (1593-1683)
- J. Craig Ventner
- United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946)
- Jack Lemmon
- United States film actor (1925-2001)
- Jack of all trades
- a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well
- Jack Roosevelt Robinson
- United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972)
- Jack the Ripper
- an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century
- Jack William Nicklaus
- United States golfer considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time (born in 1940)
- jack
- someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
- Jack-tar
- a man who serves as a sailor
- jackanapes
- someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
- Jackson Pollock
- United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956)
- Jacksonian
- a follower of Andrew Jackson or his ideas
- Jacob
- (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
- Jacobean
- any distinguished personage during the reign of James I
- Jacobin
- a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
- Jacobite
- a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
- Jacopo Robusti
- Italian painter of the Venetian school (1518-1594)
- Jacqueline Cochran
- United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980)
- Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles
- French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823)
- Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault
- French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924)
- Jacques Bernoulli
- Swiss mathematician (1654-1705)
- Jacques Cartier
- French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557)
- Jacques Derrida
- French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria); exponent of deconstructionism (1930-2004)
- Jacques Etienne Montgolfier
- French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)
- Jacques Francois Antoine Ibert
- French composer (1890-1962)
- Jacques Francois Fromental Elie Halevy
- French operatic composer (1799-1862)
- Jacques Germain Soufflot
- French architect (1713-1780)
- Jacques Lipchitz
- United States sculptor (born in Lithuania) who pioneered cubist sculpture (1891-1973)
- Jacques Loeb
- United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924)
- Jacques Louis David
- French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825)
- Jacques Lucien Monod
- French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976)
- Jacques Offenbach
- French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880)
- Jacques Tatischeff
- French filmmaker (1908-1982)
- Jacques Yves Costeau
- French underwater explorer (born in 1910)
- Jaffar Umar Thalib
- Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000)
- Jainist
- a believer in Jainism
- Jakob Behmen
- German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)
- Jakob Hermandszoon
- Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609)
- Jakob Liebmann Beer
- German composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864)
- Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
- German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847)
- Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm
- the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863)
- Jamaican
- a native or inhabitant of Jamaica
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler
- United States painter (1834-1903)
- James Abraham Garfield
- 20th President of the United States; assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881)
- James Agee
- United States novelist (1909-1955)
- James Albert Michener
- United States writer of historical novels (1907-1997)
- James Alfred Van Allen
- United States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914)
- James Arthur Baldwin
- United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987)
- James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
- influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)
- James Boswell
- Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)
- 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)
- James Branch Cabell
- United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958)
- James Buchanan Brady
- United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917)
- James Butler Hickock
- frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876)
- James Byron Dean
- United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955)
- James Cagney
- United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986)
- James Clerk Maxwell
- Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
- James Cleveland Owens
- United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)
- James Dewey Watson
- United States geneticist who (with Crick in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1928)
- James Douglas Morrison
- United States rock singer (1943-1971)
- James Earl Carter Jr.
- 39th President of the United States (1924-)
- James Edmund Scripps
- United States newspaper publisher and half-brother of Edward Wyllis Scripps (1835-1908)
- James Edward Meade
- English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (1907-1995)
- James Fenimore Cooper
- United States novelist noted for his stories of American Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851)
- James Francis Thorpe
- outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953)
- James Franck
- United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964)
- James Grover Thurber
- United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961)
- James Hargreaves
- English inventor of the spinning jenny (1720-1778)
- James Harold Doolittle
- United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993)
- James Harvey Robinson
- United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936)
- James Henry Leigh Hunt
- British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
- James Hogg
- Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835)
- James Howard Meredith
- United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933)
- James Hutton
- Scottish geologist who described the processes that have shaped the surface of the earth (1726-1797)
- James II
- the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701)
- James IV
- a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
- James Jerome Hill
- United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916)
- James John Corbett
- United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933)
- James Joseph Tunney
- United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978)
- James Knox Polk
- 11th President of the United States; his expansionism led to the Mexican War and the annexation of California and much of the southwest (1795-1849)
- James Langston Hughes
- United States writer (1902-1967)
- James Leonard Farmer
- United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920)
- James Maitland Stewart
- United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)
- James Marshall Hendrix
- United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970)
- James McKeen Cattell
- American psychologist and editor (1860-1944)
- James Merritt Ives
- United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1824-1895)
- James Mill
- Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)
- James Naismith
- United States educator (born in Canada) who invented the game of basketball (1861-1939)
- James Neville Mason
- English film actor (1909-1984)
- James Parkinson
- English surgeon (1755-1824)
- James Prescott Joule
- English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889)
- James Riddle Hoffa
- United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913-1975)
- James Scott Connors
- outstanding United States tennis player (born in 1952)
- James Thomas Farrell
- United States writer remembered for his novels (1904-1979)
- James Thomas Harris
- Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931)
- James Tobin
- United States economist (1918-2002)
- James Ussher
- Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)
- James Watt
- Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)
- James Whitcomb Riley
- United States poet (1849-1916)
- James William Fulbright
- United States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995)
- James Wilson
- American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798)
- James Wyatt
- English architect (1746-1813)
- Jan Christian Smuts
- South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950)
- Jan Hendrix Oort
- Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)
- Jan Steen
- Dutch genre painter (1626-1679)
- Jan Swammerdam
- Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680)
- Jan Tinbergen
- Dutch economist noted for his work in econometrics (1903-1994)
- Jan van der Meer
- Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675)
- Jan van Eyck
- Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441)
- Jane Austen
- English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817)
- Jane Doe
- an unknown or fictitious woman who is a party to legal proceedings
- Jane Fonda
- United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937)
- Jane Goodall
- English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934)
- Jane Jacobs
- United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)
- Jane Seymour
- Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537)
- Janis Joplin
- United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970)
- Janissary
- a Turkish soldier
- janissary
- a loyal supporter
- janitor
- someone employed to clean and maintain a building
- Jansenist
- an advocate of Jansenism
- Japheth
- (Old Testament) son of Noah
- Jaroslav Hasek
- Czech author of novels and short stories (1883-1923)
- Jasper Johns
- United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930)
- Jat
- a member of an Indo-European people widely scattered throughout the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and consisting of Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs
- Jaun Gris
- Spanish cubist painter (1887-1927)
- Javanese
- a native or inhabitant of Java
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule; was the first prime minister of the Republic of India from 1947 to 1964 (1889-1964)
- jawan
- (India) a private soldier or male constable
- Jay Cooke
- United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905)
- Jay Gould
- United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892)
- jaywalker
- a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally
- jazz musician
- a musician who plays or composes jazz music
- Jean Anouilh
- French dramatist noted for his reinterpretations of Greek myths (1910-1987)
- Jean Antoine Watteau
- French painter (1684-1721)
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
- French classical painter (1780-1867)
- Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
- French painter of Italian landscapes (1796-1875)
- Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
- French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)
- Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur
- French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807)
- Jean Baptiste Lully
- French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687)
- Jean Baptiste Racine
- French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)
- Jean Bernard Leon Foucault
- French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868)
- Jean Caulvin
- Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
- Jean Cocteau
- French writer and film maker who worked in many artistic media (1889-1963)
- Jean de La Fontaine
- French writer who collected Aesop's fables and published them (1621-1695)
- Jean Edouard Vuillard
- French painter (1868-1940)
- Jean Francois Champollion
- Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)
- Jean Francois Millet
- French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875)
- Jean Genet
- French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986)
- Jean Honore Fragonard
- French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century (1732-1806)
- Jean Lafitte
- French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826)
- Jean Louis Charles Garnier
- French architect (1825-1898)
- Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
- United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873)
- Jean Luc Godard
- French film maker influenced by surrealism; early work explored the documentary use of film; noted for innovative techniques (born in 1930)
- Jean Martin Charcot
- French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893)
- Jean Monnet
- French economist who advocated a Common Market in Europe (1888-1979)
- Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud
- French poet whose work influenced the surrealists (1854-1891)
- Jean Paul Marat
- French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793)
- Jean Piaget
- Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980)
- Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
- French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673)
- Jean-Claude Duvalier
- son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951)
- Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie
- French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958)
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)
- Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac
- United States writer who was a leading figure of the beat generation (1922-1969)
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980)
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- French composer of operas whose writings laid the foundation for the modern theory of harmony (1683-1764)
- Jeanne Antoinette Poisson
- French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)
- Jeanne d'Arc
- French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431)
- Jeannette Rankin
- leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana; the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973)
- Jefferson Davis
- American statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889)
- Jeffersonian
- a follower of Thomas Jefferson or his ideas and principles
- Jehovah's Witness
- believer in imminent approach of the millennium; practitioner of active evangelism
- Jekyll and Hyde
- someone with two personalities - one good and one evil
- Jenghiz Khan
- Mongolian emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227)
- Jens Otto Harry Jespersen
- Danish linguist (1860-1943)
- Jeremiah
- (Old Testament) an Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC)
- Jeremy Bentham
- English philosopher and jurist; founder of utilitarianism (1748-1831)
- jerk-off
- terms of abuse for a masturbator
- jerker
- someone who gives a strong sudden pull
- Jeroboam I
- (Old Testament) first king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC)
- Jerome David Kern
- United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)
- Jerome David Salinger
- United States writer (born 1919)
- Jerome Robbins
- United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998)
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
- jerry-builder
- someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit
- Jesse James
- United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882)
- Jesse Louis Jackson
- United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941)
- Jessica Lucy Mitford
- United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996)
- Jessica Tandy
- United States actress (born in England) who made many stage appearances, often with her husband Hume Cronyn (1909-1994)
- Jessye Norman
- United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
- Jesuit
- a member of the Jesuit order
- Jesus of Nazareth
- a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
- jeune fille
- a girl or young woman who is unmarried
- jeweler
- someone in the business of selling jewelry
- jeweler
- someone who makes jewelry
- Jewess
- a woman who is a Jew
- jezebel
- a shameless impudent scheming woman
- Jezebel
- wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC)
- Jihadist
- a Muslim who is involved in a jihad
- jilt
- a woman who jilts a lover
- Jim Henson
- United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990)
- Jimmy Durante
- United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980)
- jinx
- a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
- Joan Crawford
- United States film actress (1908-1977)
- Joan Didion
- United States writer (born in 1934)
- Joan Miro
- Spanish surrealist painter (1893-1983)
- Job
- a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
- Job
- any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
- job candidate
- an applicant who is being considered for a job
- Job's comforter
- someone whose comfort is actually discouraging
- jobber
- someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
- jobholder
- an employee who holds a regular job
- jockey
- someone employed to ride horses in horse races
- jockey
- an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus
- Joe Bloggs
- a hypothetical average man
- Joel
- a Hebrew minor prophet
- Joel Chandler Harris
- United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)
- jogger
- someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise)
- Johan August Strindberg
- Swedish dramatist and novelist (1849-1912)
- Johan Julius Christian Sibelius
- Finnish composer (1865-1957)
- Johann Bernoulli
- Swiss mathematician (1667-1748)
- Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
- German romantic writer (1759-1805)
- Johann Friedrich Herbart
- German philosopher (1776-1841)
- Johann Gottfried von Herder
- German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803)
- Johann Joachim Winckelmann
- German archaeologist and art historian said to be the father of archaeology (1717-1768)
- Johann Ludwig Uhland
- German romantic poet (1787-1862)
- Johann Maier Eck
- a German Roman Catholic theologian who was an indefatigable opponent of Martin Luther (1486-1543)
- Johann Mendel
- Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884)
- Johann Muller
- German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476)
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar (1749-1832)
- Johannes Brahms
- German composer who developed the romantic style of both lyrical and classical music (1833-1897)
- Johannes Diderik van der Waals
- Dutch physicist (1837-1923)
- Johannes Eckhart
- German Roman Catholic theologian and mystic (1260-1327)
- Johannes Evangelista Purkinje
- Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869)
- Johannes Gutenberg
- German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)
- Johannes Kepler
- German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630)
- Johannes Peter Muller
- German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858)
- Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
- modernistic Danish writer (1873-1950)
- John Addington Symonds
- English writer (1840-1893)
- John Amos Comenius
- Czech educational reformer (1592-1670)
- John Anthony Ciardi
- United States poet and critic (1916-1986)
- John Augustus Roebling
- United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869)
- John Bach McMaster
- United States historian who wrote a nine volume history of the people of the United States (1852-1932)
- John Bardeen
- United States physicist who won the Nobel prize for physics twice (1908-1991)
- John Barrington Wain
- English writer (1925-1994)
- John Barrymore
- United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942)
- John Bartlett
- United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)
- John Berry Hobbs
- notable English cricketer (1882-1963)
- John Birks Gillespie
- United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
- John Broadus Watson
- United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958)
- John Brown
- abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
- John Bull
- a man of English descent
- John Bunyan
- English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)
- John Burdon Sanderson Haldane
- Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)
- John Charles Fremont
- United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and Northwest (1813-1890)
- John Cheever
- United States writer of novels and short stories (1912-1982)
- John Constable
- English landscape painter (1776-1837)
- John Cowper Powys
- British writer of novels about nature; one of three literary brothers (1872-1963)
- John Dalton
- English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844)
- John Davis
- English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
- John Davison Rockefeller
- United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)
- John Deere
- United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886)
- John Dewey
- United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952)
- John Doe
- an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings
- John Donald Budge
- United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)
- John Donne
- English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)
- John Dowland
- English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626)
- John Drew
- United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
- John Dryden
- the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700)
- John Duns Scotus
- Scottish theologian who was very influential in the Middle Ages (1265-1308)
- John Edgar Hoover
- United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
- John Edward Masefield
- English poet (1878-1967)
- John Endecott
- born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665)
- John Ernst Steinbeck
- United States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers (1902-1968)
- John Fletcher
- prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625)
- John Florio
- English lexicographer remembered for his Italian and English dictionary (1553-1625)
- John Ford
- United States film maker (1896-1973)
- John Foster Dulles
- United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959)
- John Galsworthy
- English novelist (1867-1933)
- John Greenleaf Whittier
- United States poet best known for his nostalgic poems about New England (1807-1892)
- John Griffith Chaney
- United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916)
- John Hancock
- American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress; was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1793)
- John Hanning Speke
- English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it (1827-1864)
- John Harvard
- American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
- United States physicist (1899-1980)
- John Hemminge
- English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630)
- John Henry Newman
- English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890)
- John Henry O'Hara
- United States writer (1905-1970)
- John Herschel Glenn Jr.
- made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-)
- John Hope Franklin
- United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
- John Howard Northrop
- United States biochemist (1891-1987)
- John Hoyer Updike
- United States author (born 1932)
- John Huss
- Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)
- John Huston
- United States film maker born in the United States but an Irish citizen after 1964 (1906-1987)
- John Irving
- United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942)
- John Jacob Astor
- United States capitalist (born in Germany) who made a fortune in fur trading (1763-1848)
- John James Audubon
- United States ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851)
- John James Osborne
- English playwright (1929-1994)
- John James Rickard Macleod
- Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935)
- John Jay
- United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)
- John Joseph McGraw
- United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934)
- John Joseph Pershing
- United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948)
- John Keats
- Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)
- John Keble
- English clergyman who (with John Henry Newman and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement (1792-1866)
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908)
- John Knox
- Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572)
- John L. H. Down
- English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
- John Lackland
- youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216)
- John Lennon
- English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980)
- John Llewelly Lewis
- United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969)
- John Locke
- English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
- John Luther Jones
- United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)
- John Lyly
- English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606)
- John Marshall
- United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835)
- John Marstan
- English playwright (1575-1634)
- John Maynard Keynes
- English economist who advocated the use of government monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment without inflation (1883-1946)
- John McCormick
- United States operatic tenor (born in Ireland) (1884-1945)
- John Mercer
- British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866)
- John Merven Carrere
- United States architect who with his partner Thomas Hastings designed many important public buildings (1858-1911)
- John Milton
- English poet; remembered primarily as the author of an epic poem describing humanity's fall from grace (1608-1674)
- John Milton Cage Jr.
- United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
- John Mitchell
- United States labor leader; president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919)
- John Moses Browning
- United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
- John Muir
- United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914)
- John Napier
- Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617)
- John Orley Allen Tate
- United States poet and critic (1899-1979)
- John Paul Jones
- American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)
- John Philip Marquand
- United States writer who created the Japanese detective Mr. Moto and wrote other novels as well (1893-1960)
- John Philip Sousa
- a United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932)
- John Pierpont Morgan
- United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913)
- John Reed
- United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)
- John Robinson Jeffers
- United States poet who wrote about California (1887-1962)
- John Rock
- United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
- John Roderigo Dos Passos
- United States novelist remembered for his portrayal of life in the United States (1896-1970)
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
- British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)
- John Roy Major
- British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
- John Rupert Firth
- English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
- John Ruskin
- British art critic (1819-1900)
- John Rutledge
- United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; he was appointed by George Washington and briefly served as chief justice but was ultimately rejected by the United States Senate (1739-1800)
- John Scott Haldane
- Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936)
- John Simmons Barth
- United States novelist (born in 1930)
- John Singer Sargent
- United States painter (born in Italy) known for his society portraits (1856-1925)
- John Singleton Copley
- American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)
- John Stuart Mill
- English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)
- John Thomas Scopes
- Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
- John Tradescant
- English botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638)
- John Trumbull
- American satirical poet (1750-1831)
- John Trumbull
- American painter of historical scenes (1756-1843)
- John Tuzo Wilson
- Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)
- John Tyndall
- British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893)
- John Venn
- English logician who introduced Venn diagrams (1834-1923)
- John von Neumann
- United States mathematician who contributed to the development of atom bombs and of stored-program digital computers (1903-1957)
- John Walker
- New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)
- John Wanamaker
- United States businessman whose business grew into one of the first department stores (1838-1922)
- John Wayne
- United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979)
- John Webster
- English playwright (1580-1625)
- John Wesley
- English clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791)
- John Wickliffe
- English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384)
- John Wilkes
- English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797)
- John Wilkes Booth
- United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)
- John Witherspoon
- American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and was president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794)
- john
- a prostitute's customer
- Johnny Appleseed
- United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
- Johnny Cash
- United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003)
- Johnny Reb
- `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
- Johns Hopkins
- United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873)
- joiner
- a woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood
- joiner
- a person who likes to join groups
- joker
- a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes
- joker
- a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
- Jomo Kenyata
- Kenyan statesman and the first president of independent Kenya (1893-1978)
- Jonah
- (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land
- Jonas Edward Salk
- United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914)
- Jonathan Edwards
- American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758)
- Jonathan Swift
- an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
- Jonathan Trumbull
- American Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785)
- Jons Jakob Berzelius
- Swedish chemist who discovered three new elements and determined the atomic weights of many others (1779-1848)
- Jordanian
- a native or inhabitant of Jordan
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Argentinian writer remembered for his short stories (1899-1986)
- Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa
- Peruvian writer (born in 1936)
- Joroslav Heyrovsky
- Czechoslovakian chemist who developed polarography (1890-1967)
- Jose Clemente Orozco
- Mexican painter noted for his monumental murals (1883-1949)
- Jose Julian Marti
- Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895)
- Jose Ortega y Gasset
- Spanish philosopher who advocated leadership by an intellectual elite (1883-1955)
- Josef Albers
- United States painter born in Germany; works characterized by simple geometrical patterns in various colors (1888-1976)
- Josef Hoffmann
- Austrian architect known for his use of rectilinear units (1870-1956)
- Josef Michel Montgolfier
- French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810)
- Josef von Sternberg
- United States film maker (born in Austria) whose films made Marlene Dietrich an international star (1894-1969)
- Joseph
- (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus
- 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
- Joseph Alois Schumpeter
- United States economist (born in Czechoslovakia) (1883-1950)
- Joseph Banks Rhine
- United States parapsychologist (1895-1980)
- Joseph ben Matthias
- Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)
- Joseph Black
- British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
- Joseph Campbell
- United States mythologist (1904-1987)
- Joseph Deems Taylor
- United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston
- Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891)
- Joseph Emerson Worcester
- United States lexicographer who was accused of plagiarism by Noah Webster (1784-1865)
- Joseph Francis Keaton
- United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966)
- Joseph Greenberg
- United States linguist who studied the historical relations among 5,000 languages (1916-2001)
- Joseph Heller
- United States novelist whose best known work was a black comedy inspired by his experiences in the Air Force during World War II (1923-1999)
- Joseph Henry
- United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878)
- Joseph Hilaire Peter Belloc
- English author (born in France) remembered especially for his verse for children (1870-1953)
- Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre
- French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931)
- Joseph Joachim
- Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907)
- Joseph Lincoln Steffens
- United States journalist whose exposes in 1906 started an era of muckraking journalism (1866-1936)
- Joseph Lister
- English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912)
- Joseph Louis Barrow
- United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
- Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
- French chemist and physicist who first isolated boron and who formulated the law describing the behavior of gases under constant pressure (1778-1850)
- Joseph Mallord William Turner
- English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851)
- Joseph Marie Jacquard
- French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
- Joseph Oliver
- United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
- Joseph Paul DiMaggio
- United States professional baseball player noted for his batting ability (1914-1999)
- Joseph Priestley
- English chemist who isolated many gases and discovered oxygen (independently of Scheele) (1733-1804)
- Joseph Pulitzer
- United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911)
- Joseph Raymond McCarthy
- United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957)
- Joseph Rudyard Kipling
- English author of novels and poetry who was born in India (1865-1936)
- Joseph Smith
- religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844)
- Joseph Warren Stilwell
- United States general who commanded the Allied forces in China and Burma and India during World War II (1883-1946)
- Joshua
- (Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho
- Josiah Quincy
- American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775)
- Josiah Spode
- English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827)
- Josiah Wedgwood
- English potter (1730-1795)
- Josiah Willard Gibbs
- United States chemist (1839-1903)
- journalist
- a writer for newspapers and magazines
- journeyer
- a traveler going on a trip
- Joyce Carol Oates
- United States writer (born in 1938)
- Juan Carlos Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon
- king of Spain since 1975 (born in 1938)
- Juan Domingo Peron
- Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina (1895-1974)
- Juan Ponce de Leon
- Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493; in 1513 he discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth (1460-1521)
- Juan Ramon Jimenez
- Spanish lyric poet (1881-1958)
- Judah
- (Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel; one of his descendants was to be the Messiah
- Judas
- someone who betrays under the guise of friendship
- Judas Iscariot
- (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver
- Judas Maccabaeus
- Jewish leader of a revolt in Judea that recovered Jerusalem around 166 BC; hero of the Apocryphal books I Maccabees and II Maccabees (?-161 BC)
- judge advocate
- a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander
- judge advocate
- an officer assigned to the judge advocate general
- judge advocate general
- the senior legal advisor to a branch of the military
- judge
- a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
- Judith
- Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
- Judith Jamison
- United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1944)
- Judy Garland
- United States singer and film actress (1922-1969)
- juggernaut
- a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
- juggler
- a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity
- Jugoslavian
- a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia
- Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt
- French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870)
- Jules Emile Frederic Massenet
- French composer best remembered for his pop operas (1842-1912)
- Jules Feifer
- United States cartoonist who created a sarcastic comic strip (born in 1929)
- Jules Verne
- French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905)
- Julia Evelina Smith
- United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886)
- Julia Ward Howe
- United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910)
- Julian Bond
- United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)
- Julio Iglesias
- Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943)
- Julius Marx
- United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1890-1977)
- Julius Winfield Erving
- United States basketball forward (born in 1950)
- jumper
- an athlete who competes at jumping
- jumper
- a person who jumps
- Jungian
- a follower or advocate of Carl Jung's theories
- junior
- the younger of two persons
- junior
- a third-year undergraduate
- Junior
- a son who has the same first name as his father
- junior
- term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
- junior featherweight
- weighs no more than 122 pounds
- junior lightweight
- weighs no more than 130 pounds
- junior middleweight
- weighs no more than 154 pounds
- junior welterweight
- weighs no more than 140 pounds
- Junker
- member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism
- jurist
- a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
- juror
- someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury
- justice of the peace
- a local magistrate with limited powers
- justiciar
- formerly a high judicial officer
- Justinian the Great
- Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565)
- Jute
- a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons
- juvenile
- a young person, not fully developed
- Kabbalist
- a student of the Jewish Kabbalah
- kachina
- a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit
- Kafir
- a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan
- Kahlil Gibran
- United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931)
- Kaiser
- the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918
- Kaiser Wilhelm
- grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941)
- Kalon Tripa
- the chairman of the Kashag and essentially head of the Tibetan government-in-exile
- Kamehameha the Great
- Hawaiian king who united the islands under his rule (1758-1819)
- Kamia
- a member of a North American Indian people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico
- kamikaze
- a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash
- Kampuchean
- a native or inhabitant of Cambodia
- Kanarese
- a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India
- Kansan
- a native or resident of Kansas
- Kansas
- a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas
- Karakalpak
- a member of a Turkic people living near Lake Aral in central Asia
- Karel Capek
- Czech writer who introduced the word `robot' into the English language (1890-1938)
- Karelian
- a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia
- Karen Danielsen Horney
- United States psychiatrist (1885-1952)
- Karl Adolf Eichmann
- Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962)
- Karl Adolph Verner
- Danish philologist (1846-1896)
- Karl Alex Muller
- Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927)
- Karl Augustus Menninger
- United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1893-1990)
- Karl Baedeker
- German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks (1801-1859)
- Karl Barth
- Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968)
- Karl Czerny
- Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857)
- Karl Friedrich Gauss
- German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855)
- Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen
- German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)
- Karl Gjellerup
- Danish novelist (1857-1919)
- Karl Gunnar Myrdal
- Swedish economist (1898-1987)
- Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
- German mathematician (1804-1851)
- Karl Landsteiner
- United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943)
- Karl Marx
- founder of modern communism; wrote the Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848; wrote Das Kapital in 1867 (1818-1883)
- Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
- German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953)
- Karl Theodor Jaspers
- German psychiatrist (1883-1969)
- Karl von Clausewitz
- Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831)
- Karl von Frisch
- Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982)
- Karl Waldemar Ziegler
- German chemist honored for his research on polymers (1898-1973)
- Karl Wernicke
- German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905)
- Karl Wilhelm Scheele
- Swedish chemist (born in Germany) who discovered oxygen before Priestley did (1742-1786)
- Karok
- a member of a North American Indian people of the Klamath river valley in northern California
- Karol Wojtyla
- the first Pope born in Poland; the first Pope not born in Italy in 450 years (1920-2005)
- Kashmiri
- a member of the people of Kashmir
- Kaspar Friedrich Wolff
- German anatomist (1733-1794)
- Kassite
- a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC
- Kate O'Flaherty Chopin
- United States writer who described Creole life in Louisiana (1851-1904)
- Katharine Houghton Hepburn
- United States film actress who appeared in many films with Spencer Tracy (1907-2003)
- Katherine Anne Porter
- United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
- Katherine Cornell
- United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974)
- Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp
- New Zealand writer of short stories (1888-1923)
- Kathryn Elizabeth Smith
- United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986)
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Japanese painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1760-1849)
- Kay Boyle
- United States writer (1902-1992)
- Kazakh
- a Muslim who is a member of a Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan)
- Kazakhstani
- a native or inhabitant of Kazakhstan
- Kazimir Severinovich Malevich
- Russian abstract painter (1878-1935)
- keeper
- someone in charge of other people
- Keith Rupert Murdoch
- United States publisher (born in Australia in 1931)
- Kekchi
- a member of a Mayan people of north central Guatemala
- Kelt
- a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times
- Kemal Ataturk
- Turkish statesman who abolished the caliphate and founded Turkey as a modern secular state (1881-1938)
- Ken Elton Kesey
- United States writer whose best-known novel was based on his experiences as an attendant in a mental hospital (1935-2001)
- Kenneth Bancroft Clark
- United States psychologist (born in Panama) whose research persuaded the Supreme Court that segregated schools were discriminatory (1914-2005)
- Kenneth David Kaunda
- statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (1924-1999)
- Kenneth Grahame
- English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932)
- Kenneth Roberts
- United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957)
- Kenyan
- a native or inhabitant of Kenya
- Kenzo Tange
- Japanese architect (born in 1913)
- Keokuk
- Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848)
- kerb crawler
- someone who drives slowly along the curb seeking sex from prostitutes or other women
- keyboardist
- a musician who plays a keyboard instrument
- Keynesian
- a follower of the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes
- Keystone Stater
- a native or resident of Pennsylvania
- Khalkha
- the Mongol people living in the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia
- khan
- a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries
- Khayr ad-Din
- Barbary pirate (died in 1546)
- Khedive
- one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914
- Khirghiz
- a member of a people vast regions of central Siberia
- Khmer
- a native or inhabitant of Cambodia
- Khoisan
- nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa
- kibbutznik
- a member of a kibbutz
- kibitzer
- (Yiddish) a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others
- Kichai
- a member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas
- Kickapoo
- a member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois
- kicker
- a player who kicks the football
- kiddie
- informal term for a young child
- Kiliwi
- a member of a North American Indian people living in northern Baja California
- killer bee
- an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover
- killer
- someone who causes the death of a person or animal
- killjoy
- someone who spoils the pleasure of others
- kindergartener
- a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
- King Camp Gilette
- United States inventor and manufacturer who developed the safety razor (1855-1932)
- King Harold II
- King of England who succeeded Edward the Confessor in 1066 and was the last of the Anglo-Saxon monarchs; he was killed fighting the invasion by William the Conqueror (1045-1066)
- King James I
- the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625)
- King of France
- the sovereign ruler of France
- King of Great Britain
- the sovereign ruler of England
- King of the Germans
- the sovereign ruler of the Germans
- King's Counsel
- Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a king
- king
- a competitor who holds a preeminent position
- kingmaker
- an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence
- kink
- a person with unusual sexual tastes
- kinsman
- a male relative
- kinswoman
- a female relative
- Kiowa
- a member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United States
- kisser
- someone who kisses
- kissing cousin
- a more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss
- kitchen help
- help hired to work in the kitchen
- kleptomaniac
- someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive
- klutz
- (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt
- knacker
- someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
- knacker
- someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them
- knave
- a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- kneeler
- a person in a kneeling position
- knight
- originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
- Knight of the Round Table
- in the Arthurian legend, a knight of King Arthur's court
- Knight Templar
- a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher
- Knight Templar
- a man who belongs to a Masonic order in the United States
- knight-errant
- a wandering knight travelling in search of adventure
- knitter
- someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread
- knocker
- a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
- knocker
- (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
- know-all
- someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others
- Knut Pedersen
- Norwegian writer of novels (1859-1952)
- Koasati
- a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Alabama; a member of the Creek Confederacy
- Kolam
- a member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India
- kolkhoznik
- a member of a kolkhoz
- Komi
- a member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia
- Kong the Master
- Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC)
- Konrad Adenauer
- German statesman; chancellor of West Germany (1876-1967)
- Konrad von Gesner
- Swiss naturalist who was one of the founders of modern zoology (1516-1565)
- Konrad Zacharias Lorenz
- Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989)
- Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky
- Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938)
- kook
- someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
- Korean
- a native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language
- Kotar
- a member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri Hills in southern India
- koto player
- a musician who plays the koto
- KP
- an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks
- Krauthead
- offensive term for a person of German descent
- Krzysztof Kieslowski
- Polish filmmaker who made ten films based on the Ten Commandments (1941-1996)
- Kshatriya
- a member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste
- Ku Kluxer
- a member of the Ku Klux Klan
- Kublai Kaan
- Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China; he establish the Yuan dynasty and built a great capital on the site of modern Beijing where he received Marco Polo (1216-1294)
- Kui
- a member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India
- Kund Johan Victor Rasmussen
- Danish ethnologist and Arctic explorer; led expeditions into the Arctic to find support for his theory that Eskimos and North American Indians originally migrated from Asia (1879-1933)
- Kurd
- a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state
- Kurt Godel
- United States mathematician (born in Austria) who is remembered principally for demonstrating the limitations of axiomatic systems (1906-1978)
- Kurt Vonnegut
- United States writer whose novels and short stories are a mixture of realism and satire and science fiction (born in 1922)
- Kurt Waldheim
- Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918)
- Kurt Weill
- German composer; collaborated with Bertolt Brecht (1900-1950)
- Kusan
- a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon
- Kuwaiti
- a native or inhabitant of Kuwait
- kvetch
- (Yiddish) a constant complainer
- Kwakiutl
- a member of the Wakashan people living around Queen Charlotte Sound and on northern Vancouver Island
- L. Ron Hubbard
- a United States writer of science fiction and founder of Scientology (1911-1986)
- labor leader
- a leader of a labor movement
- labor organizer
- someone who enlists workers to join a union
- Labourite
- a member of the British Labour Party
- lacer
- a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding)
- Laconian
- a resident of Laconia
- lacrosse player
- an athlete who plays lacrosse
- ladies' man
- a man who takes advantage of women
- Lady
- a woman of the peerage in Britain
- lady
- a polite name for any woman
- Lady Diana Frances Spencer
- English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)
- Lady Emma Hamilton
- English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815)
- Lady Godiva
- according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080)
- Lady Jane Grey
- Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
- lady's maid
- a maid who is a lady's personal attendant
- lady-in-waiting
- a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess
- laird
- a landowner
- lama
- a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
- Lamaist
- (Buddhism) an adherent of Lamaism
- Lamarckian
- a believer in Lamarckism
- lamb
- a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
- lame duck
- an elected official still in office but not slated to continue
- lame
- someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- laminator
- a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates)
- lamplighter
- (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights
- lampoon artist
- a cartoonist who draws parodies or satirical renditions of cultural or social or political situations
- lampooner
- mimics literary or musical style for comic effect
- Lancastrian
- a resident of Lancaster
- Lancastrian
- a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster
- lance corporal
- an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal
- lancer
- (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
- land agent
- a person who administers a landed estate
- landgrave
- a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany
- landholder
- a holder or proprietor of land
- landlady
- a landlord who is a woman
- landlord
- a landowner who leases to others
- landlubber
- a person who lives and works on land
- landlubber
- an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage
- landscape architect
- someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively
- landscapist
- someone who paints landscapes
- langlaufer
- a cross-country skier
- Langobard
- a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century
- languisher
- a person who languishes
- Lao-tzu
- Chinese philosopher regarded as the founder of Taoism (6th century BC)
- Laotian
- a member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais
- lapidarist
- an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them
- lapidary
- a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones
- lapidator
- an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill)
- Lapplander
- a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
- larcener
- a person who commits larceny
- large person
- a person of greater than average size
- Lars Onsager
- United States chemist (born in Norway) noted for his work in thermodynamics (1903-1976)
- lascar
- an East Indian sailor
- lasher
- a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip
- Laszlo Lowestein
- United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964)
- latchkey child
- a school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work)
- latecomer
- someone who arrives late
- lather
- a workman who puts up laths
- Latin
- a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin
- Latin
- an inhabitant of ancient Latium
- Latin American
- a native of Latin America
- Latinist
- a specialist in the Latin language
- latitudinarian
- a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)
- Latter-Day Saint
- a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Latvian
- a native or inhabitant of Latvia
- laugher
- a person who is laughing or who laughs easily
- laundress
- a working woman who takes in washing
- laundryman
- operates industrial washing machine
- laureate
- someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
- Laurence Stephen Lowry
- English painter (1887-1976)
- Laurence Sterne
- English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766)
- Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior
- United States operatic tenor (born in Denmark) noted for his Wagnerian roles (1890-1973)
- Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria
- Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin; was executed by his associates in the power struggle following Stalin's death (1899-1953)
- law agent
- a solicitor in Scotland
- law offender
- someone who violates the law
- law officer
- an officer of the law
- law student
- a student in law school
- lawgiver
- a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws
- Lawrence George Durrell
- English writer of Irish descent who spent much of his life in Mediterranean regions (1912-1990)
- Lawrence Peter Berra
- United States baseball player (born 1925)
- lay reader
- a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church
- lay witness
- any witness who does not testify as an expert witness
- layman
- someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
- lazar
- a person afflicted with leprosy
- Lazarus
- the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar
- Lazarus
- the person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb; this miracle caused the enemies of Jesus to begin the plan to put him to death
- lazybones
- a lazy person
- Lazzaro Spallanzani
- Italian physiologist who disproved the theory of spontaneous generation (1729-1799)
- Le Douanier Rousseau
- French primitive painter (1844-1910)
- Le Duc Tho
- Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990)
- lead
- an actor who plays a principal role
- leader
- a person who rules or guides or inspires others
- leading lady
- actress who plays the leading female role
- leading man
- actor who plays the leading male role
- leaker
- a surreptitious informant
- lease giver
- someone who grants a lease
- leaseholder
- a tenant who holds a lease
- Lebanese
- a native or inhabitant of Lebanon
- Lech Walesa
- Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943)
- lech
- man with strong sexual desires
- lector
- a public lecturer at certain universities
- lector
- someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
- lecturer
- someone who lectures professionally
- Lee Buck Trevino
- United States golfer (born in 1939)
- Lee Harvey Oswald
- United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963)
- Lee Krasner
- United States artist remembered for her spontaneous approach to painting; she was a founder of the New York school of abstract expressionism (1908-1984)
- Lee Yuen Kam
- United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)
- leech
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- left fielder
- the person who plays left field
- left hander
- a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
- left-hander
- a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
- legal assistant
- a person with specialized training who assists lawyers
- legal guardian
- a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
- legal representative
- a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will)
- legate
- a member of a legation
- legatee
- someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed
- legionary
- a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
- Legionnaire
- a member of the American Legion
- legislator
- someone who makes or enacts laws
- Leland Stanford
- United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893)
- Lena Calhoun Horne
- United States singer and actress (born in 1917)
- lender
- someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
- lens maker
- a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
- lensman
- someone who takes photographs professionally
- Leo Esaki
- physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925)
- Leo III
- Italian pope from 795 to 816 who in 800 crowned Charlemagne emperor of the Romans (750-816)
- Leo Szilard
- United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964)
- Leo the Great
- Italian pope from 440 to 461 who extended the authority of the papacy to the west and persuaded Attila not to attack Rome (440-461)
- Leon Battista Alberti
- Italian architect and painter; pioneering theoretician of Renaissance architecture (1404-1472)
- Leonard Bernstein
- United States conductor and composer (1918-1990)
- Leonard Bloomfield
- United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949)
- Leonard Constant Lambert
- English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
- Leonard Marx
- United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961)
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)
- Leonhard Euler
- Swiss mathematician (1707-1783)
- Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
- Soviet statesman who became president of the Soviet Union (1906-1982)
- Leonidas
- king of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where he was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC)
- Leonide Fedorovitch Massine
- French choreographer and ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1895-1979)
- Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Stokowski
- United States conductor (born in Britain) (1882-1977)
- Leopold Kronecker
- German mathematician (1823-1891)
- leper
- a pariah who is avoided by others
- Leroy Robert Paige
- United States baseball player; a black pitcher noted for his longevity (1906-1982)
- Lesbian
- a resident of Lesbos
- Leslie Howard Stainer
- English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
- Leslie Richard Groves
- United States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970)
- Leslie Townes Hope
- United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)
- Lester Willis Young
- United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
- letter
- owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
- letterer
- a painter of letters
- letterman
- an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport
- Lev Davidovich Bronstein
- Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)
- Lev Davidovich Landau
- Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968)
- Lev Ivanov
- Russian choreographer (1834-1905)
- Levantine
- (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant
- leveler
- a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions
- Levi-Lorrain dwarf
- a dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf)
- Levite
- a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (especially the branch that provided male assistants to the temple priests)
- Lewis Henry Morgan
- United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)
- lexicographer
- a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language
- Li Po
- Chinese lyric poet (700-762)
- Liam O'Flaherty
- Irish writer of short stories (1896-1984)
- liar
- a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
- liberal
- a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
- liberal
- a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
- liberator
- someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
- Liberian
- a native or inhabitant of Liberia
- libertarian
- someone who believes the doctrine of free will
- libertarian
- an advocate of libertarianism
- librettist
- author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta
- Libyan
- a native or inhabitant of Libya
- licensee
- someone to whom a license is granted
- licenser
- an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications)
- licentiate
- holds a license (degree) from a (European) university
- lie-abed
- a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour
- Liechtensteiner
- a native or inhabitant of Liechtenstein
- lieder singer
- a singer of lieder
- liege
- a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
- lieutenant
- a commissioned military officer
- lieutenant
- an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade
- lieutenant colonel
- a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel
- lieutenant commander
- a commissioned officer in the Navy ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander
- lieutenant general
- a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general
- lieutenant governor
- an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of a state of the United States
- lieutenant JG
- an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign
- lieutenant
- an officer in a police force
- life
- a living person
- life peer
- a British peer whose title lapses at death
- life principle
- a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed
- life tenant
- a tenant whose legal right to retain possession of buildings or lands lasts as long as they (or some other person) live
- lifeguard
- an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
- lifer
- a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment
- lifter
- an athlete who lifts barbells
- light
- a person regarded very fondly
- light flyweight
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 106 pounds
- light heavyweight
- a wrestler who weighs 192-214 pounds
- light heavyweight
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 179 pounds
- light middleweight
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 156 pounds
- light welterweight
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 140 pounds
- light-of-love
- a woman inconstant in love
- Lighthorse Harry Lee
- soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)
- lighthouse keeper
- the keeper of a lighthouse
- lightning rod
- someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another
- lightweight
- a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
- lightweight
- a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds
- lightweight
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds
- Lilian Alicia Marks
- English ballet dancer (born in 1910)
- Lillian Gish
- United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)
- Lillian Hellman
- United States playwright; her plays were often indictments of injustice (1905-1984)
- Lillian Russell
- United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922)
- lilliputian
- a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
- limner
- a painter or drawer of portraits
- limnologist
- a specialist in the study of freshwater ponds and lakes
- line backer
- a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen
- line coach
- an assistant football coach in charge of the linemen
- line judge
- football official who assists the referee by keeping track of the official time during the game
- line officer
- a commissioned officer with combat units (not a staff officer or a supply officer)
- line worker
- an employee who works on an assembly line
- lineman
- one of the players on the line of scrimmage
- lineman
- the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole
- linendraper
- a retail dealer in yard goods
- linesman
- official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside)
- lingerer
- someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
- linguist
- a specialist in linguistics
- linguist
- a person who speaks more than one language
- linkboy
- (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets
- Linus Carl Pauling
- United States chemist who studied the nature of chemical bonding (1901-1994)
- Lion
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
- lion
- a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after)
- lion-hunter
- someone who hunts lions
- lion-hunter
- someone who tries to attract social lions as guests
- Lionel Barrymore
- United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1878-1954)
- Lionel Hampton
- United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002)
- Lionel Trilling
- United States literary critic (1905-1975)
- lip reader
- someone who can understand spoken words by watching the movements of a speaker's lips
- liquidator
- a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
- liquidator
- (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
- Lise Meitner
- Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968)
- lisper
- a speaker who lisps
- lister
- assessor who makes out the tax lists
- literary agent
- an agent who represents an author in dealings with publishers
- literary critic
- a critic of literature
- literary pirate
- someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
- literate
- a person who can read and write
- lithographer
- a printmaker who uses lithography
- lithomancer
- one who practices lithomancy
- Lithuanian
- a native or inhabitant of Lithuania
- litigant
- (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation
- litter lout
- a person who litters public places with refuse
- litter-bearer
- one who helps carry a stretcher
- little brother
- a younger brother
- little leaguer
- a player between 8 and 12 years of age who is a member of a little-league team
- Little Lord Fauntleroy
- an excessively polite and well-dressed boy
- little sister
- a younger sister
- liturgist
- an authority on liturgies
- liveborn infant
- infant who shows signs of life after birth
- liver
- someone who lives in a place
- liver
- a person who has a special life style
- Liverpudlian
- a native or resident of Liverpool
- liveryman
- a worker in a livery stable
- living dead
- a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
- Livonian
- a member of the Livonian-speaking people of Latvia
- lizard
- a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him
- Llewelyn Powys
- British writer of essays; one of three literary brothers (1884-1939)
- loader
- an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game
- loan shark
- someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
- lobbyist
- someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer
- lobsterback
- British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution)
- lobsterman
- a person whose occupation is catching lobsters
- locater
- a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims
- lockkeeper
- a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)
- locksmith
- someone who makes or repairs locks
- locum
- someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
- logical positivist
- someone who maintains that any statement that cannot be verified empirically is meaningless
- logician
- a person skilled at symbolic logic
- logomach
- someone given to disputes over words
- Lolita
- a sexually precocious young girl
- lollipop lady
- a woman hired to help children cross a road safely near a school
- Londoner
- a native or resident of London
- lone hand
- a person who avoids the company or assistance of others
- long shot
- a contestant that is unlikely to win
- long-distance runner
- someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)
- longbowman
- a medieval English archer who used a longbow
- longer
- a person with a strong desire for something
- looker
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- looker-on
- someone who looks on
- lookout
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- loon
- a worthless lazy fellow
- loose cannon
- a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous
- Lope Felix de Vega Carpio
- prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635)
- Lorado Taft
- United States sculptor (1860-1936)
- Lord
- a titled peer of the realm
- Lord Britten of Aldeburgh
- major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976)
- Lord High Chancellor
- the highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords
- Lord of Misrule
- a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration
- Lord Privy Seal
- the senior cabinet minister in the British Cabinet who has no official duties
- lord
- a person who has general authority over others
- Lorenz Milton Hart
- United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943)
- Lorenz Okenfuss
- German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851)
- Lorenzo Ganganelli
- Italian pope from 1769 to 1774 who lost whatever support remained of Catholic Europe, causing the church to fall into the hands of secular princes (1705-1774)
- Lorenzo the Magnificent
- Italian statesman and scholar who supported many artists and humanists including Michelangelo and Leonardo and Botticelli (1449-1492)
- Loretta Young
- United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
- loser
- a gambler who loses a bet
- Lot
- (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction
- Lot's wife
- (Old Testament) when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his family were told to flee without looking back; Lot's wife was disobedient and was immediately changed into a pillar of salt
- Lotario di Segni
- Italian pope from 1198 to 1216 who instituted the Fourth Crusade and under whom papal intervention in European politics reached its height (1161-1216)
- Lothario
- a successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women
- lottery winner
- the winner of a lottery
- lotus-eater
- someone indifferent to the busy world
- Louis Antoine de Bougainville
- French explorer who circumnavigated the globe accompanied by scientists (1729-1811)
- Louis Aragon
- French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982)
- Louis Armstrong
- United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971)
- Louis Bleriot
- French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936)
- Louis Braille
- French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852)
- Louis Burt Mayer
- United States filmmaker (born in Russia) who founded his own film company and later merged with Samuel Goldwyn (1885-1957)
- Louis Charles Alfred de Musset
- French poet and writer (1810-1857)
- Louis Comfort Tiffany
- United States artist who developed Tiffany glass (1848-1933)
- Louis d'Outremer
- king of France (921-954)
- Louis Eugene Felix Neel
- French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904)
- Louis Harold Gray
- English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)
- Louis Henry Sullivan
- United States architect known for his steel framed skyscrapers and for coining the phrase `form follows function' (1856-1924)
- Louis III
- son of Louis II and king of the France and Germany (863-882)
- Louis Isadore Kahn
- United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974)
- Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre
- French inventor of the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype (1789-1851)
- Louis Jolliet
- French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700)
- Louis le Faineant
- the last Carolingian king of France (967-987)
- Louis Pasteur
- French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895)
- Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
- English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
- Louis Stanton Auchincloss
- United States writer (born in 1917)
- Louis the Great
- king of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715)
- Louis the Pious
- third son of Charlemagne and king of France and Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (778-840)
- Louis the Quarreller
- king of France (1289-1316)
- Louis the Stammerer
- king of France and Germany (846-879)
- Louis the Wideawake
- king of France whose military victories consolidated his reign (1081-1137)
- Louis Untermeyer
- United States writer (1885-1977)
- Louis Victor de Broglie
- French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle duality by proposing that particles of matter exhibit wavelike properties (1892-1987)
- Louis VII
- king of France who led the unsuccessful Second Crusade and fought frequent wars with Henry II of England (1120-1180)
- Louis VIII
- king of France who increased the power of the Crown over the feudal lords (1187-1226)
- Louis XI
- king of France who put down an alliance of unruly nobles and unified France except for Brittany (1423-1483)
- Louis XII
- king of France who was popular with his subjects (1462-1515)
- Louis XIII
- king of France from 1610 to 1643 who relied heavily on the advice of Cardinal Richelieu (1601-1643)
- Louis XV
- grandson of Louis XIV and king of France from 1715 to 1774 who led France into the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1710-1774)
- Louis XVI
- king of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793)
- Louis-Hector Berlioz
- French composer of romantic works (1803-1869)
- Louisa May Alcott
- United States novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888)
- Louise Nevelson
- United States sculptor (born in Russia) known for massive shapes of painted wood (1899-1988)
- Louisianian
- a native or resident of Louisiana
- loved one
- a person who you love, usually a member of your family
- lover
- a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
- lover
- a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
- low-birth-weight baby
- an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age
- Lowell Jackson Thomas
- a radio broadcast journalist during World War I and World War II noted for his nightly new broadcast (1892-1981)
- lowerclassman
- an undergraduate who is not yet a senior
- loyalist
- a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
- LPN
- a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
- Lubavitcher
- a member of the Lubavitch movement; a follower of Chabad Hasidism
- Luciano Pavarotti
- Italian tenor (born in 1935)
- Lucille Ball
- United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
- Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)
- Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
- Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC)
- Lucius DuBignon Clay
- United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
- Lucius Licinius Lucullus
- Roman general famous for self-indulgence and giving lavish banquets (circa 110-57 BC)
- Lucius Licinius Luculus
- Roman general famous for giving lavish banquets (110-57 BC)
- Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
- Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue; he twice was called to assume dictatorship of Rome and each time retired to his farm (519-438 BC)
- Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
- according to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC)
- Lucretia Coffin Mott
- United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880)
- Lucy Craft Laney
- United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Canadian novelist (1874-1942)
- Lucy Stone
- United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
- Luddite
- one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
- Luddite
- any opponent of technological progress
- Ludwig Boltzmann
- Austrian physicist who contributed to the kinetic theory of gases (1844-1906)
- Ludwig Josef Johan Wittgenstein
- British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951)
- Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
- United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827)
- luger
- someone who races the luge
- Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti
- Italian pope from 1800 to 1823 who was humiliated by Napoleon and taken prisoner in 1809; he concluded a concordat with Napoleon and crowned him emperor of France; he returned to Rome in 1814 (1740-1823)
- Luigi Galvani
- Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798)
- Luigi Pirandello
- Italian novelist and playwright (1867-1936)
- Luis Bunuel
- Spanish film director (1900-1983)
- Luis de Gongora y Argote
- a Spanish poet whose work was characterized by an affected elegance of style (1561-1627)
- lumper
- a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics
- lunatic
- an insane person
- luncher
- someone who is eating lunch
- lunger
- someone who moves forward suddenly (as in fencing)
- lurcher
- someone waiting in concealment
- lutanist
- a musician who plays the lute
- Luther Burbank
- United States horticulturist who developed many new varieties of fruits and vegetables and flowers (1849-1926)
- Lutheran
- follower of Lutheranism
- luthier
- a craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins)
- Luxembourger
- a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg
- Lydia Kamekeha Paki Liliuokalani
- queen of the Hawaiian islands (1838-1917)
- Lyman Frank Brown
- United States writer of children's books (1856-1919)
- Lynn Fontanne
- United States actress (born in England) who married Alfred Lunt and performed with him in many plays (1887-1983)
- lyricist
- a person who writes the words for songs
- Lysander
- Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC)
- Lysimachus
- Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; with Seleucus he defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at the battle of Ipsus (circa 355-281 BC)
- Lysippus
- Greek sculptor (4th century BC)
- ma
- informal terms for a mother
- macaroni
- a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms
- Macbeth
- king of Scotland (died in 1057)
- mace
- an official who carries a mace of office
- Macedonian
- a native or inhabitant of Macedon
- Machiavellian
- a follower of Machiavelli's principles
- machine
- an efficient person
- machinist
- a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
- macho
- a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo
- Mack Sennett
- United States filmmaker (born in Canada) noted for slapstick movies (1880-1960)
- Mackem
- a native of Sunderland
- macroeconomic expert
- an economist who specializes in macroeconomics
- macushla
- (an Irish term of address expressing affection) darling
- Mad Anthony Wayne
- American general during the American Revolution (1745-1796)
- Madagascan
- a native or inhabitant of Madagascar
- madame
- title used for a married Frenchwoman
- Madonna Louise Ciccone
- United States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s (born in 1958)
- madrigalist
- a singer of madrigals
- madwoman
- a woman lunatic
- Mae West
- United States film actress (1892-1980)
- maenad
- an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman
- maenad
- (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus
- maestro
- an artist of consummate skill
- Maffeo Barberini
- Italian pope from 1623 to 1644 who sanctioned the condemnation of Galileo but later freed him (1568-1644)
- mafioso
- a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States
- mafioso
- a member of the Sicilian Mafia
- magdalen
- a reformed prostitute
- magician
- one who practices magic or sorcery
- magistrate
- a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
- magnifico
- a person of distinguished rank or appearance
- magpie
- someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
- magus
- a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians
- magus
- a magician or sorcerer of ancient times
- Mahalia Jackson
- United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972)
- maharaja
- a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja
- maharanee
- a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja
- mahatma
- (Hinduism) term of respect for a brahmin sage
- Mahayanist
- an adherent of Mahayana Buddhism
- Mahdi
- (Islam) a messianic leader who (according to popular Muslim belief) will appear before the end of the world and restore justice and religion
- Mahdist
- an adherent of Mahdism
- mahout
- the driver and keeper of an elephant
- Mahratta
- a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra
- maid
- an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
- maiden aunt
- an unmarried aunt
- Maidu
- a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California
- mail clerk
- a clerk in a post office
- mailer
- a person who mails something
- maimer
- a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples
- mainstay
- a prominent supporter
- maintainer
- someone who upholds or maintains
- maintenance man
- a skilled worker whose job is to repair things
- major
- a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
- major
- a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
- major-domo
- the chief steward or butler of a great household
- major-general
- a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general
- majority leader
- leader of the majority party in a legislature
- Makarios III
- Greek Orthodox bishop and archbishop of Cyprus and the first president of independent Cyprus (1913-1977)
- Makataimeshekiakiak
- Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838)
- maker
- a person who makes things
- Malachias
- a Hebrew minor prophet of the 5th century BC
- malacologist
- a zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks
- malahini
- a newcomer to Hawaii
- Malawian
- a native or inhabitant of Malawi
- Malayan
- a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
- Malaysian
- a native or inhabitant of Malaysia
- Malcolm Little
- militant civil rights leader (1925-1965)
- malcontent
- a person who is discontented or disgusted
- Maldivian
- a native or inhabitant of Maldives
- male aristocrat
- a man who is an aristocrat
- male chauvinist
- a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women
- male offspring
- a child who is male
- male sibling
- a sibling who is male
- male
- a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
- Malecite
- a member of the Algonquian people of northeastern Maine and New Brunswick
- malfeasant
- one guilty of malfeasance
- Malian
- a native or inhabitant of Mali
- malik
- the leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent
- malingerer
- someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
- Maltese
- a native or inhabitant of Malta
- Malthusian
- a believer in Malthusian theory
- maltman
- a maker of malt
- Malto
- a member of the Dravidian people living in northern Bengal in eastern India
- Malvina Hoffman
- United States sculptor (1887-1966)
- Mam
- a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala
- mama's boy
- a boy excessively attached to his mother; lacking normal masculine interests
- mammalogist
- one skilled in the study of mammals
- mammy
- an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
- man
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- man
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- man
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- man
- a male subordinate
- man Friday
- the most helpful assistant
- man jack
- a single individual
- man of action
- someone inclined to act first and think later
- man of letters
- a man devoted to literary or scholarly activities
- man of means
- a man who is wealthy
- man of the world
- a worldly-wise person
- man
- someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- man-at-arms
- a heavily armed and mounted soldier in medieval times
- management consultant
- adviser to business about efficient management practices
- manageress
- a woman manager
- managing editor
- the editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazine
- Manchu
- a member of the Manchu speaking people of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century
- Mancunian
- a native or resident of Manchester
- Mandaean
- a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah
- mandarin
- a high public official of imperial China
- mandarin
- any high government official or bureaucrat
- mandarin
- a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
- mandatary
- the recipient of a mandate
- mandator
- an authority who issues a mandate
- Manes
- a Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276)
- maneuverer
- a person skilled in maneuvering
- Manfred Eigen
- German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927)
- maniac
- a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something
- manic-depressive
- a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness
- Manichaean
- an adherent of Manichaeism
- manicurist
- a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails
- manipulator
- a person who handles things manually
- manipulator
- an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
- manservant
- a man servant
- Manuel de Falla
- Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946)
- manufacturer
- someone who manufactures something
- Mao Tsetung
- Chinese communist leader (1893-1976)
- Maoist
- an advocate of Maoism
- map-reader
- a person who can read maps
- mapper
- a clerk who marks data on a chart
- Maquisard
- a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II
- Maraco
- a member of the South American people living in Argentina and Bolivia and Paraguay
- marauder
- someone who attacks in search of booty
- Marc Blitzstein
- United States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964)
- Marc Chagall
- French painter (born in Russia) noted for his imagery and brilliant colors (1887-1985)
- Marcel Duchamp
- French artist who immigrated to the United States; a leader in the dada movement in New York City; was first to exhibit commonplace objects as art (1887-1968)
- Marcel Lajos Breuer
- United States architect (born in Hungary) who was associated with the Bauhaus in the 1920's (1902-1981)
- Marcel Marceau
- French mime famous for his sad-faced clown (born in 1923)
- Marcel Proust
- French novelist (1871-1922)
- Marcello Malpighi
- Italian anatomist who was the first to use a microscope to study anatomy and was among the first to recognize cells in animals (1628-1694)
- marcher
- an inhabitant of a border district
- marcher
- walks with regular or stately step
- marchioness
- the wife or widow of a marquis
- marchioness
- a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
- Marco Polo
- Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)
- Marcus Antonius
- Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
- Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
- Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus
- Roman Emperor from 286 until he abdicated in 305; when Diocletian divided the Roman Empire in 286 Maximian became emperor in the west (died in 311)
- Marcus Cocceius Nerva
- Emperor of Rome who introduced a degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian; adopted Trajan as his successor (30-98)
- Marcus Junius Brutus
- statesman of ancient Rome who (with Cassius) led a conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar (85-42 BC)
- Marcus Terentius Varro
- Roman scholar (116-27 BC)
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
- a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
- Marcus Ulpius Traianus
- Roman Emperor and adoptive son of Nerva; extended the Roman Empire to the east and conducted an extensive program of building (53-117)
- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
- Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC)
- Marcus Whitman
- United States frontier missionary who established a post in Oregon where Christianity and schooling and medicine were available to Native Americans (1802-1847)
- Margaret Court
- Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)
- Margaret Higgins Sanger
- United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966)
- Margaret Mead
- United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
- Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
- United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949)
- Margarete Gertrud Zelle
- Dutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917)
- margrave
- a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)
- margrave
- the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany
- Marguerite Radclyffe Hall
- English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)
- Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Cherubini
- Italian composer of church music and operas (1760-1842)
- Maria Magdalene von Losch
- United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992)
- Maria Meneghini Callas
- Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977)
- Maria Mitchell
- United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889)
- Maria Montesorri
- Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-centered approach (1870-1952)
- Maria Tallchief
- United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925)
- Marian Anderson
- United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993)
- Marianne Craig Moore
- United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872)
- Maricopa
- a member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona
- Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont
- French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat (1768-1793)
- Marie Antoinette
- queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793)
- Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes
- birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958)
- Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert
- Irish dancer (1818-1861)
- Marie Goeppert Mayer
- United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972)
- Marie Grosholtz
- French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models; in 1835 she opened a permanent waxworks exhibition in London (1761-1850)
- Marie Henri Beyle
- French writer whose novels were the first to feature psychological analysis of the character (1783-1842)
- Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat
- French mathematician and philosopher (1743-1794)
- Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier
- French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)
- Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
- French painter noted for her portraits (1755-1842)
- Marilyn Horne
- United States operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1934)
- Marine
- a member of the United States Marine Corps
- marine
- a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land
- marine engineer
- a naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines
- Mark Hopkins
- United States educator and theologian (1802-1887)
- Mark Rothko
- United States abstract painter (born in Russia) whose paintings are characterized by horizontal bands of color with indistinct boundaries (1903-1970)
- Mark Tobey
- United States abstract painter influenced by oriental calligraphy (1890-1976)
- Mark Wayne Clark
- United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984)
- market analyst
- an analyst of conditions affecting a market (especially the stock market)
- market keeper
- a merchant who owns or manages a shop
- market strategist
- someone skilled in planning marketing campaigns
- marketer
- someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
- maroon
- a person who is stranded (as on an island)
- marquess
- a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl
- marquess
- nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
- Marquise de Maintenon
- French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719)
- Marrano
- (medieval Spain and Portugal) a disparaging term for a Jew who converted to Christianity in order to avoid persecution but continued to practice their religion secretly
- marriage broker
- someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others
- married
- a person who is married
- married woman
- a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
- Marshal Tito
- Yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to German occupation during World War II and established a communist state after the war (1892-1980)
- marshal
- a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law
- marshal
- (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank
- Marta Brigit Nilsson
- Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918)
- Martha Beatrice Potter Webb
- English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943)
- Martha Graham
- United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991)
- Martha Jane Burke
- United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
- Martial
- Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)
- Martin Buber
- Israeli religious philosopher (born in Austria); as a Zionist he promoted understanding between Jews and Arabs; his writings affected Christian thinkers as well as Jews (1878-1965)
- Martin Cline
- American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934)
- Martin Heidegger
- German philosopher whose views on human existence in a world of objects and on Angst influenced the existential philosophers (1889-1976)
- Martin Heinrich Klaproth
- German chemist who pioneered analytical chemistry and discovered three new elements (1743-1817)
- Martin Luther
- German theologian who led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (1483-1546)
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
- Martin Scorsese
- United States filmmaker (born in 1942)
- Martina Navratilova
- United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won nine Wimbledon women's singles championships (born in 1956)
- martyr
- one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
- martyr
- one who suffers for the sake of principle
- marveller
- someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something
- Marvin Neil Simon
- United States playwright noted for light comedies (born in 1927)
- Marxist
- an advocate of Marxism
- Mary Ann Evans
- British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880)
- Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
- United States suffragist (1820-1905)
- Mary Augusta Arnold Ward
- English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
- Mary Douglas Leakey
- English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
- Mary Flannery O'Connor
- United States writer (1925-1964)
- Mary Godwin Wollstonecraft Shelley
- English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
- Mary Harris Jones
- United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
- Mary II
- Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest daughter of James II and ruled jointly with her husband William III (1662-1694)
- Mary Leontyne Price
- United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
- Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley
- heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1832)
- Mary Martin
- United States actress (1913-1990)
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- United States educator who worked to improve race relations and educational opportunities for Black Americans (1875-1955)
- Mary Morse Baker Eddy
- founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
- Mary Pickford
- United States film actress (born in Canada) who starred in silent films (1893-1979)
- Mary Queen of Scots
- queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567; as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed for sedition (1542-1587)
- Mary Therese McCarthy
- United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)
- Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
- English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women; mother of Mary Shelley (1759-1797)
- Marya Sklodowska
- French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934)
- Marylander
- a native or resident of Maryland
- masher
- a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
- masker
- a participant in a masquerade
- masochist
- someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment
- mason
- a craftsman who works with stone or brick
- mass murderer
- a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident
- Massachusetts
- a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay
- massager
- someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation
- Massasoit
- Wampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrims (1580-1661)
- masseur
- a male massager
- masseuse
- a female massager
- Massorete
- a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah)
- master
- directs the work of others
- master
- someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution
- master sergeant
- a senior noncommissioned officer in the Army or Marines
- master
- an authority qualified to teach apprentices
- master
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- master-at-arms
- the senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship
- masturbator
- a person who practices masturbation
- matador
- the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull
- mate
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- mate
- a fellow member of a team
- mater
- an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
- materfamilias
- a female head of a family or tribe
- material
- a person judged suitable for admission or employment
- material witness
- a witness whose testimony is both relevant to the matter at issue and required in order to resolve the matter
- materialist
- someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter
- materialist
- someone with great regard for material possessions
- math teacher
- someone who teaches mathematics
- mathematical statistician
- a mathematician who specializes in statistics
- mathematician
- a person skilled in mathematics
- Mathew B. Brady
- United States pioneer photographer famous for his portraits; was the official Union photographer for the American Civil War (1823-1896)
- matriarch
- a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)
- matricide
- a person who murders their mother
- matriculate
- someone who has been admitted to a college or university
- matron
- a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
- matron
- a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution
- matron
- a wardress in a prison
- matron of honor
- a married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a wedding
- Matthew Arnold
- English poet and literary critic (1822-1888)
- Matthew Calbraith Perry
- United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858)
- Matthias Schleiden
- German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 formulated the cell theory (1804-1881)
- Mattole
- a member of the Athapaskan people living in northwestern California
- Maud Gonne
- Irish patriot and a founder of the Sinn Fein (1865-1953)
- mauler
- a fighter who batters the opponent
- Maureen Catherine Connolly
- United States tennis player who was the first woman to win the United States, British, French, and Australian championships in the same year (1953) (1934-1969)
- Maurice Barrymore
- United States actor; husband of Georgiana Emma Barrymore and father of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1847-1905)
- Maurice Chevalier
- French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)
- Maurice de Vlaminck
- French painter and exponent of fauvism (1876-1958)
- Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
- English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004)
- Maurice Ravel
- French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)
- Maurice Utrillo
- French painter noted for his paintings of Parisian street scenes (1883-1955)
- Mauritanian
- a native or inhabitant of Mauritania
- Mauritian
- a native or inhabitant of Mauritius
- maverick
- someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
- Max Born
- British nuclear physicist (born in Germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970)
- Max Bruch
- German composer (1838-1920)
- Max Delbruck
- United States biologist (born in Germany) who studied how viruses infect living cells (1906-1981)
- Max Ernst
- painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of dadaism; developed the technique of collage (1891-1976)
- Max Ferdinand Perutz
- English biochemist (born in Austria); studied the molecular structure of blood (1914-2002)
- Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck
- German physicist whose explanation of blackbody radiation in the context of quantized energy emissions initiated quantum theory (1858-1947)
- Max Weber
- German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920)
- Max Weber
- United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961)
- Maxfield Frederick Parrish
- United States painter (1870-1966)
- Maximilien Paul Emile Littre
- French lexicographer (1801-1881)
- Maxmilien de Bethune
- French statesman (1560-1641)
- Maxmillien Marie Isidore de Robespierre
- French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794)
- Maxwell Anderson
- United States dramatist (1888-1959)
- Maya Lin
- United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)
- Mayan
- a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
- mayoress
- a woman mayor
- mayoress
- the wife of a mayor
- meanie
- a person of mean disposition
- measurer
- a person who makes measurements
- meat packer
- a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
- mechanical engineer
- a person trained to design and construct machines
- mechanist
- a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism
- medal winner
- (golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament
- medalist
- someone who has won a medal
- meddler
- an officious annoying person who interferes with others
- Medgar Wiley Evers
- United States civil rights worker in Mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963)
- media consultant
- someone who advises about the use of communication media
- mediatrix
- a woman who is a mediator
- medic
- a medical practitioner in the armed forces
- medical assistant
- a person trained to assist medical professionals
- medical man
- someone who practices medicine
- medical scientist
- a scientist who studies disease processes
- medical specialist
- practices one branch of medicine
- medical student
- a student in medical school
- medicine man
- a Native American shaman
- medieval Schoolman
- a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism
- mediocrity
- a person of second-rate ability or value
- medium
- someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
- megalomaniac
- a pathological egotist
- Meiji Tenno
- emperor of Japan who encouraged the modernization of Japan (1852-1912)
- Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
- Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956)
- melancholiac
- someone subject to melancholia
- Melanie Klein
- United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960)
- Melchior
- (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus; usually represented as a king of Nubia
- Melchite
- an Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem
- Melchite
- an eastern Christian in Egypt or Syria who adheres to the Orthodox faith as defined by the council of Chalcedon in 451 and as accepted by the Byzantine emperor
- melter
- a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.)
- Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey
- United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931)
- Melville Weston Fuller
- United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)
- Melvin Calvin
- United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-)
- Member of Parliament
- an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons
- memoriser
- a person who learns by rote
- memsahib
- a woman sahib
- Menachem Begin
- Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
- Menander
- comic dramatist of ancient Greece (342-292 BC)
- Mendelian
- a follower of Mendelism
- menial
- a domestic servant
- Mennonite
- a member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life
- Menominee
- a member of the federally recognized tribe of Algonquian people living on a reservation in central Wisconsin
- mensch
- a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics
- Menshevik
- a Russian member of the liberal minority group that advocated gradual reform and opposed the Bolsheviks before and during the Russian Revolution
- mental case
- a person suffering from neurosis
- mental telepathist
- someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly
- mentioner
- a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally
- mentor
- a wise and trusted guide and advisor
- Merce Cunningham
- United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922)
- mercenary
- a person hired to fight for another country than their own
- mercer
- a dealer in textiles (especially silks)
- merchandiser
- a businessperson engaged in retail trade
- merchant-venturer
- a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)
- Meriwether Lewis
- United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809)
- Merovingian
- a member of the Merovingian dynasty
- merrymaker
- a celebrant who shares in a noisy party
- Meryl Streep
- United States film actress (born in 1949)
- meshuggeneh
- (Yiddish) a crazy fool
- mesne lord
- a feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior lord
- Mesoamerican
- a member of one of the various peoples inhabiting Mesoamerica
- mesomorph
- a person with a well-developed muscular body
- Messiah
- the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people
- messmate
- (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)
- mestiza
- a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
- mestizo
- a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
- metalhead
- a fan of heavy metal music
- metallurgical engineer
- an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals
- metalworker
- someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
- meteorologist
- a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
- meter maid
- policewoman who is assigned to write parking tickets
- Methodist
- a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church
- Methuselah
- a man who is very old
- Methuselah
- (Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years
- metic
- an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
- Metis
- a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry
- metropolitan
- a person who lives in a metropolis
- metropolitan
- in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity
- Mexican
- a native or inhabitant of Mexico
- Mexican-American
- a Mexican (or person of Mexican descent) living in the United States
- Meyer Guggenheim
- United States industrialist (born in Switzerland) who with his sons established vast mining and metal processing companies (1828-1905)
- mezzo
- a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
- Miami
- a member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan
- Michael Ellis De Bakey
- United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908)
- Michael Faraday
- the English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1791-1867)
- Michael Gerald Tyson
- United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966)
- Michael Joe Jackson
- United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958)
- Michael Philip Jagger
- English rock star (born in 1943)
- Micheas
- a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC)
- Michel de Notredame
- French astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566)
- Michel Eyquem Montaigne
- French writer regarded as the originator of the modern essay (1533-1592)
- Michelangelo Buonarroti
- Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564)
- Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
- Italian painter noted for his realistic depiction of religious subjects and his novel use of light (1573-1610)
- Michigander
- a native or resident of Michigan
- Michinomiya Hirohito
- emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989)
- Mickey
- (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
- Mickey Charles Mantle
- United States baseball player (1931-1997)
- microbiologist
- a specialist in microbiology
- microeconomic expert
- an economist who specializes in microeconomics
- microscopist
- a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes
- middle-aged man
- a man who is roughly between 45 and 65 years old
- middlebrow
- someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow
- middleweight
- a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds
- middleweight
- a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds
- middleweight
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds
- midinette
- a Parisian salesgirl
- midshipman
- a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training
- migrant
- traveler who moves from one region or country to another
- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Spanish writer best remembered for `Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)
- Miguel Jose Serra
- Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784)
- mikado
- the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno
- Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin
- Russian anarchist; ally and later opponent of Karl Marx (1814-1876)
- Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948)
- Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov
- Russian field marshal who commanded the Russian opposition to Napoleon (1745-1813)
- Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
- Russian composer (1804-1857)
- Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
- soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875-1946)
- Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
- Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (born in 1931)
- Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov
- Russian writer (1814-1841)
- Mikmaq
- a member of the Algonquian people inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada
- Milady
- an English noblewoman
- Milanese
- a native or inhabitant of Milan
- Mildred Ella Didrikson Zaharias
- outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956)
- miler
- a runner in a one-mile race
- Miles Dewey Davis Jr.
- United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991)
- miles gloriosus
- a braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy)
- militarist
- a person who advocates war or warlike policies
- military adviser
- a military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nation
- military attache
- an attache who is a specialist in military matters
- military governor
- the head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country)
- military leader
- a leader of military forces
- military officer
- any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
- military recruit
- a recently enlisted soldier
- military volunteer
- (military) a person who freely enlists for service
- militiaman
- a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies
- milkman
- someone who delivers milk
- mill agent
- the responsible official at a mill that is under absentee ownership
- mill-girl
- a girl who works in a mill
- miller
- someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)
- millionaire
- a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars
- millionairess
- a woman millionaire
- millwright
- a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery
- milord
- a term of address for an English lord
- Milquetoast
- a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
- Miltiades
- Athenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-489)
- Milton Friedman
- United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to government intervention in the economy (born in 1912)
- Milton Snavely Hershey
- United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945)
- mime
- an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
- mimic
- someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)
- mind reader
- a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)
- minder
- someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors
- miner
- laborer who works in a mine
- mineralogist
- a scientist trained in mineralogy
- miniaturist
- someone who paints tiny pictures in great detail
- Miniconju
- a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux
- minimalist
- a practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism
- minimalist
- a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics
- mining engineer
- an engineer concerned with the construction and operation of mines
- minion
- a servile or fawning dependant
- ministrant
- someone who serves as a minister
- Minnesotan
- a native or resident of Minnesota
- Minoan
- a Cretan who lived in the bronze-age culture of Crete about 3000-1100 BC
- minority leader
- leader of the minority party in a legislature
- minstrel
- a performer in a minstrel show
- Minuteman
- an American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution
- miracle man
- a person who claims or is alleged to perform miracles
- misanthrope
- someone who dislikes people in general
- miscreant
- a person without moral scruples
- miser
- a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
- misfit
- someone unable to adapt to their circumstances
- misleader
- someone who leads astray (often deliberately)
- misogamist
- a person who hates marriage
- misogynist
- a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular
- missionary
- someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
- missionary
- someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
- missis
- informal term of address for someone's wife
- Mississippian
- a native or resident of Mississippi
- Missouri
- a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri
- Missourian
- a native or resident of Missouri
- mistress
- a woman master who directs the work of others
- mistress
- a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
- Mithraist
- adherent of Mithraism
- Mithridates the Great
- ancient king of Pontus who expanded his kingdom by defeating the Romans but was later driven out by Pompey (132-63 BC)
- Miwok
- a member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California
- mixed-blood
- a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more racial groups
- mnemonist
- an expert in the use of mnemonics; someone able to perform unusual feats of memory
- mod
- a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
- model
- a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
- model
- someone worthy of imitation
- modeler
- a person who creates models
- moderationist
- a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer)
- moderator
- someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence
- moderator
- someone who presides over a forum or debate
- moderator
- in the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly
- modern
- a contemporary person
- modernist
- an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles
- Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky
- Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881)
- modifier
- a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
- Moghul
- a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857
- Mohammad
- the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632)
- Mohammed Ali
- Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849)
- Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
- Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- political and spiritual leader during India's struggle with Great Britain for home rule; an advocate of passive resistance (1869-1948)
- Mohawk
- a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State
- Mohican
- a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic
- Moira Shearer
- Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)
- Mojave
- a member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California
- molecular biologist
- a biologist who studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life
- molester
- someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities
- Mollah
- a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque
- mollycoddle
- a pampered darling; an effeminate man
- Moloch
- a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice
- Mon
- a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent parts of Thailand
- monarchist
- an advocate of the principles of monarchy
- monastic
- a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
- Monegasque
- a native or inhabitant of Monaco
- monetarist
- an advocate of the theory that economic fluctuations are caused by increases or decreases in the supply of money
- money dealer
- a person who receives or invests or pays out money
- moneygrubber
- someone whose main interest in life is moneymaking
- moneymaker
- someone who is successful in accumulating wealth
- Mongol Tatar
- a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century
- Mongolian
- a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia
- mongoloid
- a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive)
- Mongoloid
- a member of the Mongoloid family
- Monica Seles
- United States tennis player (born in Yugoslavia in 1973)
- monitor
- someone who supervises (an examination)
- monochromat
- a person who is completely color-blind
- monogamist
- someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time)
- monolingual
- a person who knows only one language
- monologist
- an entertainer who performs alone
- monomaniac
- a person suffering from monomania
- Monophysite
- an adherent of Monophysitism
- monopoliser
- someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something
- monotheist
- a believer in one god
- Monsieur
- used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
- Monsignor
- (Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests
- Montanan
- a native or resident of Montana
- Montezuma II
- the last Aztec emperor in Mexico who was overthrown and killed by Hernando Cortes (1466-1520)
- Montserratian
- a native or inhabitant of Montserrat
- Moonie
- an often derogatory term for a member of the Unification Church
- moonlighter
- a person who holds a second job (usually after hours)
- Moor
- one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century
- mopper
- a worker who uses a mop to clean a surface
- moppet
- a little girl (usually one you are fond of)
- moralist
- a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems
- Mordecai Richler
- Canadian novelist (born in 1931)
- Mordvinian
- a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia
- Mormon
- the ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph Smith who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Moro
- a member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern Philippines
- Moroccan
- a native or inhabitant of Morocco
- morosoph
- a learned fool
- morris dancer
- someone who does a morris dance
- Morrison Remick Waite
- United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816-1888)
- mortal enemy
- an enemy who wants to kill you
- mortgage holder
- the person who accepts a mortgage
- mortgager
- the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid
- Moses
- (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai
- Moshe Dayan
- Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981)
- Moss Hart
- United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
- moss-trooper
- a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland)
- mossback
- an extremely old-fashioned conservative
- mother
- a term of address for a mother superior
- mother
- a term of address for an elderly woman
- mother figure
- a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother
- mother hen
- a person who cares for the needs of others (especially in an overprotective or interfering way)
- mother's daughter
- a daughter who is favored by and similar to her mother
- mother's son
- a male person
- mother-in-law
- the mother of your spouse
- motile
- one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action
- motion-picture fan
- someone who goes to see movies
- motorcycle cop
- a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists)
- motorcyclist
- a traveler who rides a motorcycle
- motorman
- the operator of streetcar
- motormouth
- someone who talks incessantly
- moujik
- a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)
- Mound Builder
- prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds
- mountain climber
- someone who climbs mountains
- mounter
- a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.
- Mountie
- colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- mouse
- person who is quiet or timid
- mouth
- a person conceived as a consumer of food
- mouth
- a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
- mover
- someone who moves
- mover
- workman employed by a moving company
- mover and shaker
- a person who wields power and influence
- mover
- (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
- movie actor
- an actor who plays a role in a film
- Mozambican
- a native or inhabitant of Mozambique
- MP
- a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners
- muadhdhin
- the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day
- Muammar al-Qaddafi
- Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942)
- muckraker
- one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
- muffin man
- formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins
- mufti
- a jurist who interprets Muslim religious law
- muggee
- a victim of a mugging
- mugger
- a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)
- Mugwump
- someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Indian statesman who was the founder of Pakistan as a Muslim state (1876-1948)
- Muhammadan
- a follower of Mohammed
- mujahid
- a Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad
- mujtihad
- an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts
- mulatto
- an offspring of a black and a white parent
- mule driver
- a worker who drives mules
- Mullah Mohammed Omar
- reclusive Afghanistani politician and leader of the Taliban who imposed a strict interpretation of shariah law on Afghanistan (born in 1960)
- muller
- a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
- multi-billionaire
- a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at many billions of dollars
- mumbler
- a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
- muncher
- a chewer who makes a munching noise
- Mungo Park
- Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806)
- muralist
- a painter of murals
- murder suspect
- someone suspected of committing murder
- murderee
- a victim who is murdered
- murderess
- a woman murderer
- Muriel Sarah Spark
- Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)
- Murray Gell-Mann
- United States physicist noted for his studies of subatomic particles (born in 1929)
- muscle
- a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
- Muscovite
- a resident of Moscow
- musher
- a traveler who drives (or travels with) a dog team
- music critic
- a critic of musical performances
- music teacher
- someone who teaches music
- musician
- artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
- musicologist
- a student of musicology
- musketeer
- a foot soldier armed with a musket
- Muskhogean
- a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
- Muskogee
- a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the Creek Confederacy
- Muslim
- a believer in or follower of Islam
- Muslimah
- a Muslim woman
- mutineer
- someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers)
- muzzler
- someone who muzzles animals
- MVP
- the player judged to be the most important to the sport
- Mycenaen
- a native or inhabitant of ancient Mycenae
- mycologist
- a botanist who specializes in the study of fungi
- mycophage
- a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms)
- Myles Standish
- English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)
- myope
- a person with myopia; a nearsighted person
- myrmidon
- a follower who carries out orders without question
- mystic
- someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension
- mythologist
- an expert on mythology
- nabob
- a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient)
- nabob
- a governor in India during the Mogul empire
- Nadine Gordimer
- South African novelist and short-story writer whose work describes the effects of apartheid (born in 1923)
- Nahuatl
- a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico
- Nahum
- a Hebrew minor prophet of the 7th century BC
- naif
- a naive or inexperienced person
- nailer
- a worker who attaches something by nailing it
- namby-pamby
- an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental
- name dropper
- someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends
- namer
- a person who gives a name or names
- namesake
- a person with the same name as another
- Namibian
- a native or inhabitant of Namibia
- nan
- your grandmother
- Nancy Freeman Mitford
- English writer of comic novels (1904-1973)
- Nancy Witcher Astor
- British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964)
- nanny
- a woman who is the custodian of children
- Nanticoke
- a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Maryland and eastern Delaware
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
- naprapath
- a therapist who practices naprapathy
- narc
- a lawman concerned with narcotics violations
- narcissist
- someone in love with themselves
- narcoleptic
- a person who has narcolepsy
- narrator
- someone who tells a story
- Nat Turner
- United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
- Natalie Wood
- United States film actress (1938-1981)
- Nathan Birnbaum
- United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
- Nathan Hale
- a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
- Nathaniel Bailey
- English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742)
- Nathaniel Bowditch
- United States mathematician and astronomer noted for his works on navigation (1773-1838)
- Nathaniel Currier
- United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864)
- national leader
- a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
- national
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- nationalist
- an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government
- nationalist leader
- the leader of a nationalist movement
- nationalist
- one who loves and defends his or her country
- native
- a person born in a particular place or country
- Native American
- any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
- Native Hawaiian
- a member or descendant of the indigenous Polynesian people who lived in the Hawaiian Islands
- native speaker
- a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood
- nativist
- a philosopher who subscribes to nativism
- natural
- someone regarded as certain to succeed
- natural scientist
- a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
- naturalist
- an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms
- nature
- a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
- naturist
- a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion
- naturopath
- a therapist who practices naturopathy
- Nauruan
- a native or inhabitant of Nauru
- nautch girl
- a professional dancing girl in India
- Navajo
- a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah
- naval attache
- a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in a navy
- naval commander
- naval officer in command of a fleet of warships
- naval officer
- an officer in the navy
- navigator
- in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
- navigator
- the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course
- navigator
- the ship's officer in charge of navigation
- Navy SEAL
- a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare
- naysayer
- someone with an aggressively negative attitude
- Nazarene
- an inhabitant of Nazareth
- Nazarene
- an early name for any Christian
- Nazarene
- a member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome
- nazi
- derogatory term for a person who is fanatically dedicated to, or seeks to control, some activity, practice, etc.
- Neapolitan
- a native or inhabitant of Naples
- nebbech
- (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton
- Nebuchadnezzar II
- (Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)
- necessitarian
- someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will
- necker
- a lover who necks
- necromancer
- one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead
- needer
- a person who wants or needs something
- needleworker
- someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle
- Nefertiti
- queen of Egypt and wife of Akhenaton (14th century BC)
- Neftali Ricardo Reyes
- Chilean poet (1904-1973)
- negativist
- someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked
- neglecter
- a person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to people or responsibilities
- negotiant
- someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)
- negotiatress
- a woman negotiator
- neighbor
- a person who lives (or is located) near another
- Neil Armstrong
- United States astronaut; the first man to set foot on the Moon (July 20, 1969) (1930-)
- Nellie Tayloe Ross
- a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
- Nelson Algren
- United States writer (1909-1981)
- Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
- South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)
- neoclassicist
- an advocate of neoclassicism
- neocon
- a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism
- neoliberal
- a liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism
- neologist
- a lexicographer of new words and expressions
- neonate
- a baby from birth to four weeks
- Neoplatonist
- an adherent of Neoplatonism
- Neopolitan
- a resident of Naples
- Nepalese
- a native or inhabitant of Nepal
- nephew
- a son of your brother or sister
- nepotist
- a powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends
- nerd
- an intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession
- Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus
- Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
- Nestor
- (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy
- Nestorian
- a follower of Nestorius
- Nestorius
- Syrian who was a Christian bishop and Patriarch of Constantinople in the early fifth century; one of the major heresies concerning the doctrine of the hypostasis of Christ was named after him (died in 451)
- Netherlander
- a native or inhabitant of Holland
- neurasthenic
- a person suffering a nervous breakdown
- neurobiologist
- a specialist in neurobiology
- neurolinguist
- someone trained in neuroscience and linguistics who studies brain processes during language production and reception
- neuroscientist
- a neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
- neutral
- one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
- neutralist
- an advocate of neutrality in international affairs
- Nevadan
- a native or resident of Nevada
- Nevil Shute Norway
- English novelist who settled in Australia after World War II (1899-1960)
- New Dealer
- a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal
- New Englander
- an American who lives in New England
- New Hampshirite
- a native or resident of New Hampshire
- New Mexican
- a native or resident of New Mexico
- New Waver
- a film maker who follows New Wave ideas
- New Yorker
- a native or resident of New York (especially of New York City)
- New Zealander
- a native or inhabitant of New Zealand
- newcomer
- a recent arrival
- news reader
- someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin
- newsagent
- someone who sells newspapers
- newscaster
- someone who broadcasts the news
- newsman
- a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
- newspaper columnist
- a columnist who writes for newspapers
- newspaper critic
- a critic who writes a column for the newspapers
- newspaper editor
- the editor of a newspaper
- newspaper publisher
- the proprietor of a newspaper
- newswoman
- a female newsperson
- Newtonian
- a follower of Isaac Newton
- next friend
- (law) a person who acts on behalf of an infant or disabled person
- next of kin
- the person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given person
- Nez Perce
- a member of a tribe of the Shahaptian people living on the pacific coast
- Ngaio Marsh
- New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982)
- Nganasan
- a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia
- Nguyen Tat Thanh
- Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South Vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969)
- nibbler
- a biter who takes dainty repeated bites
- Nicaraguan
- a native or inhabitant of Nicaragua
- Niccolo Machiavelli
- a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)
- Niccolo Paganini
- Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840)
- Nicholas II
- the last czar of Russia who was forced to abdicate in 1917 by the Russian Revolution; he and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks (1868-1918)
- Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
- United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931)
- Nicola Amati
- Italian violin maker in Cremona; taught the craft to Guarneri and Stradivari (1596-1684)
- Nicola Sacco
- United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927)
- Nicolas de Malebranche
- French philosopher (1638-1715)
- Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot
- French physicist who founded thermodynamics (1796-1832)
- Nicolas Poussin
- French painter in the classical style (1594-1665)
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
- niece
- a daughter of your brother or sister
- Niels Henrik Abel
- Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
- Niels Henrik David Bohr
- Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations; the Bohr theory of the atom accounted for the spectrum of hydrogen (1885-1962)
- Nigerian
- a native or inhabitant of Nigeria
- Nigerien
- a native or inhabitant of Niger
- night owl
- a person who likes to be active late at night
- night porter
- a porter on duty during the night
- night rider
- member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge
- night watchman
- a watchman who works during the night
- nihilist
- someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief
- Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
- Soviet statesman and premier who denounced Stalin (1894-1971)
- Nikola Tesla
- United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943)
- Nikolaas Tinbergen
- Dutch zoologist who showed that much animal behavior is innate and stereotyped (1907-1988)
- Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
- Russian composer of operas and orchestral works; often used themes from folk music (1844-1908)
- Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin
- Bolshevik leader in Russia who advocated gradual collectivism of the farms; was executed in a purge by Stalin (1888-1938)
- Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky
- Russian mathematician who independently discovered non-Euclidean geometry (1792-1856)
- Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
- Russian writer who introduced realism to Russian literature (1809-1852)
- NIMBY
- someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
- Nimrod
- (Old Testament) a famous hunter
- nincompoop
- a stupid foolish person
- ninja
- a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
- Nip
- (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
- Nipponese
- a native or inhabitant of Japan
- niqaabi
- an observant Muslim woman who covers her face and hands when in public or in the presence of any man outside her immediate family
- Nisei
- a person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan
- nitpicker
- someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms
- no-show
- a guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation
- Noah
- the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis
- Noah Webster
- United States lexicographer (1758-1843)
- nob
- informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
- Nobel Laureate
- winner of a Nobel prize
- NOC
- an undercover agent who is given no official cover
- noctambulist
- someone who walks about in their sleep
- Noemi
- the mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
- nomad
- a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
- nominalist
- a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism
- nominator
- someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election
- non-Catholic
- a religious person who is not a Catholic
- non-Christian priest
- a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion
- non-Jew
- a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
- non-resistant
- a reformer who believes in passive resistance
- nonachiever
- a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates
- nonagenarian
- someone whose age is in the nineties
- nonattender
- someone who shirks duty
- nonbeliever
- someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
- noncandidate
- someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office
- noncombatant
- a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
- Nonconformist
- a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England
- nonconformist
- someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
- nondescript
- a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
- nondriver
- a person who is not a driver
- nonmember
- a person who is not a member
- nonparticipant
- a person who does not participate
- nonpartisan
- a person who is nonpartisan
- nonperson
- a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons)
- nonreader
- a student who is very slow in learning to read
- nonreligious person
- a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity
- nonresident
- someone who does not live in a particular place
- nonsmoker
- a person who does not smoke tobacco
- nonworker
- a person who does nothing
- Nootka
- a member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington
- Norbert Wiener
- United States mathematician and founder of cybernetics (1894-1964)
- Norma Jean Baker
- United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962)
- normaliser
- a person who normalizes
- Norman
- an inhabitant of Normandy
- Norman Jewison
- Canadian filmmaker (born in 1926)
- Norman Mailer
- United States writer (born in 1923)
- Norman Mattoon Thomas
- United States socialist who was a candidate for president six times (1884-1968)
- Norman Rockwell
- United States illustrator whose works present a sentimental idealized view of everyday life (1894-1978)
- North American
- a native or inhabitant of North America
- North Carolinian
- a native or resident of North Carolina
- North Dakotan
- a native or resident of North Dakota
- North Korean
- a Korean from North Korea
- Northern Baptist
- a member of the American Baptist Convention
- Northerner
- an inhabitant of the North
- Northerner
- an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
- Norwegian
- a native or inhabitant of Norway
- nosher
- someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals
- notary
- someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions
- noticer
- someone who gives formal notice
- noticer
- someone who takes notice
- Nova Scotian
- a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia
- novelist
- one who writes novels
- novice
- someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
- novillero
- a bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age
- NP
- a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician
- Nubian
- a native or inhabitant of Nubia
- nuclear chemist
- a chemist who specializes in nuclear chemistry
- nuclear physicist
- a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics
- nude
- a naked person
- nudger
- someone who nudges; someone who gives a gentle push
- nudnick
- (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest
- nuisance
- a bothersome annoying person
- nullifier
- an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws
- nullipara
- (obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child
- number cruncher
- someone able to perform complex and lengthy calculations
- number one
- a reference to yourself or myself etc.; `take care of number one' means to put your own interests first
- number theorist
- a mathematician specializing in number theory
- numerologist
- a believer in numerology
- Numidian
- an inhabitant of ancient Numidia
- nun
- a woman religious
- nuncio
- (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
- nurse
- one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
- nurse's aide
- someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training
- nurse-midwife
- a registered nurse who has received special training as a midwife
- nurseling
- an infant considered in relation to its nurse
- nurser
- a person who treats something carefully
- nutritionist
- a specialist in the study of nutrition
- nutter
- a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
- nymphet
- a sexually attractive young woman
- nympho
- a woman with abnormal sexual desires
- nympholept
- a person seized by nympholepsy
- oarsman
- someone who rows a boat
- oarswoman
- a woman oarsman
- Obadiah
- a Hebrew minor prophet
- oblate
- a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life
- oboist
- a musician who plays the oboe
- obscurantist
- a person who is deliberately vague
- obsessive
- a person who has obsessions
- obsessive-compulsive
- a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics
- obstructer
- someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take
- Occidental
- a native inhabitant of the Occident
- occult
- supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
- occultist
- a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts
- occupant
- someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
- occupier
- a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country
- oceanographer
- a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas
- octogenarian
- someone whose age is in the eighties
- octoroon
- an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black
- oculist
- a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
- odalisque
- a woman slave in a harem
- Odd Hassel
- Norwegian chemist noted for his research on organic molecules (1897-1981)
- Oddone Colonna
- Italian pope from 1417 to 1431 whose election as pope ended the Great Schism (1368-1431)
- odist
- a poet who writes odes
- Odovacar
- Germanic barbarian leader who ended the Western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493)
- offender
- a person who transgresses moral or civil law
- offerer
- someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection
- office boy
- a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office
- office-bearer
- the person who holds an office
- officeholder
- someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
- officer
- a member of a police force
- officer
- a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
- official
- someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
- officiant
- a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service
- Ofo
- a member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi
- Ogalala
- a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota
- Ogden Nash
- United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971)
- ogler
- a viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person
- oil geologist
- a specialist in petroleum geology
- oil painter
- a painter who uses oil paints
- oil rigger
- someone who works on an oil rig
- oil tycoon
- a powerful person in the oil business
- oil-industry analyst
- an analyst of the oil industry
- oiler
- a worker who oils engines or machinery
- oilman
- a worker who produces or sells petroleum
- oilman
- a person who owns or operates oil wells
- Oklahoman
- a native or resident of Oklahoma
- old boy
- a vivacious elderly man
- old boy
- a former male pupil of a school
- old boy
- a familiar term of address for a man
- Old Catholic
- a member of the church formed in the 19th century by German Catholics who refused to accept the infallibility of the Pope
- old hand
- an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
- old lady
- your own wife
- old maid
- the loser in a game of old maid
- old maid
- an elderly unmarried woman
- old man
- an informal term for your father
- old man
- (slang) boss
- old master
- a great European painter prior to 19th century
- old woman
- a woman who is old
- old-age pensioner
- an old person who receives an old-age pension
- Olga Korbut
- Soviet gymnast (born in 1955)
- oligarch
- one of the rulers in an oligarchy
- Oliver Cromwell
- English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
- Oliver Ellsworth
- United States jurist and the third chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1807)
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Irish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays (1728-1774)
- Oliver Hardy
- United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)
- Oliver Hazard Perry
- United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819)
- Oliver Heaviside
- English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications; in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he suggested the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1850-1925)
- Oliver Stone
- United States filmmaker (born in 1946)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
- United States writer of humorous essays (1809-1894)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
- United States jurist noted for his liberal opinions (1841-1935)
- Olmec
- a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC
- Olympian
- an athlete who participates in the Olympic games
- Omaha
- a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
- Omani
- a native or inhabitant of Oman
- Omar Khayyam
- Persian poet and mathematician and astronomer whose poetry was popularized by Edward Fitzgerald's translation (1050-1123)
- Omar Nelson Bradley
- United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981)
- ombudsman
- a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government
- omnivore
- a person who eats all kinds of foods
- oncologist
- a specialist in oncology
- one of the boys
- a man who has been socially accepted into a group of other men
- Oneida
- a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario
- oneiromancer
- someone who divines through the interpretation of dreams
- onomancer
- one who practices onomancy
- Onondaga
- a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River
- opener
- a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
- opera star
- singer of lead role in an opera
- operagoer
- a patron of the opera
- operating surgeon
- a physician who specializes in surgery
- operator
- someone who owns or operates a business
- operator
- a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets
- opponent
- a contestant that you are matched against
- opportunist
- a person who places expediency above principle
- oppressor
- a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
- optimist
- a person disposed to take a favorable view of things
- oracle
- an authoritative person who divines the future
- Oral Roberts
- United States evangelist (born 1918)
- Orangeman
- a member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign
- orator
- a person who delivers a speech or oration
- orchestrator
- an arranger who writes for orchestras
- ordainer
- a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders
- orderer
- someone who places an order to buy
- orderer
- an organizer who puts things in order
- orderly
- a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
- orderly sergeant
- the first sergeant of a company; duties formerly included the conveyance of orders
- ordinand
- a person being ordained
- ordinary
- a judge of a probate court
- ordinary
- a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
- Oregonian
- a native or resident of Oregon
- organ donor
- someone from whom an organ is taken for transplantation
- organ-grinder
- a street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy
- organist
- a person who plays an organ
- organization man
- an employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization
- orientalist
- a specialist in oriental subjects
- Origen
- Greek philosopher and theologian who reinterpreted Christian doctrine through the philosophy of Neoplatonism; his work was later condemned as unorthodox (185-254)
- Oriya
- a member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas
- Orlando di Lasso
- Belgian composer (1532-1594)
- Orleanist
- a supporter of the Orleans branch of the Bourbons that was descended from a younger brother of Louis XIV
- orphan
- a child who has lost both parents
- orphan
- someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
- orthodontist
- a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
- Orthodox Jew
- Jew who practices strict observance of Mosaic law
- orthoepist
- a practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely)
- orthopaedist
- a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
- orthoptist
- a specialist in orthoptics
- Orville Wright
- United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948)
- Osage
- a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century
- Osama bin Laden
- Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957)
- Oscan
- an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania
- Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
- Irish writer and wit (1854-1900)
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers) (1895-1960)
- Oscar Palmer Robertson
- United States basketball guard (born in 1938)
- Osip Emilevich Mandelstam
- Russian poet who died in a prison camp (1891-1938)
- osteologer
- an anatomist who is skilled is osteology
- osteopath
- a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles
- ostrich
- a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)
- Ostrogoth
- a member of the eastern group of Goths who created a kingdom in northern Italy around 500 AD
- Ostyak
- a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals)
- Ostyak-Samoyed
- one of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia
- Oswald Spengler
- German philosopher who argued that cultures grow and decay in cycles (1880-1936)
- Oswald Veblen
- United States mathematician (1880-1960)
- Othman I
- the conqueror of Turkey who founded the Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman dynasty that ruled Turkey after the 13th century; conquered most of Asia Minor and assumed the title of emir in 1299 (1259-1326)
- Otho of Lagery
- French pope from 1088 to 1099 whose sermons called for the First Crusade (1042-1099)
- Otis Skinner
- United States actor (1858-1942)
- Otoe
- a member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska
- Ottawa
- a member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario
- Ottmar Mergenthaler
- United States inventor (born in Germany) of the Linotype machine (1854-1899)
- Otto Fritz Meyerhof
- United States biochemist (born in Germany) who studied the metabolism of muscles (1884-1951)
- Otto Hahn
- German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968)
- Otto Heinrich Warburg
- German biochemist who pioneered the use of chemical techniques in biological investigations; noted for studies of cellular respiration (1883-1970)
- Otto Loewi
- United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961)
- Otto Neumann Sverdrup
- Norwegian explorer who led expeditions into the Arctic (1855-1930)
- Otto Robert Frisch
- British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979)
- Otto the Great
- King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (912-973)
- Otto Wagner
- Austrian architect and pioneer of modern architecture (1841-1918)
- Ottoman Turk
- a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)
- Ottorino Respighi
- Italian composer remembered for his symphonic poems (1879-1936)
- out-and-outer
- someone who is excellent at something
- outcaste
- a person belonging to no caste
- outdoor man
- someone who enjoys outdoor activities
- outdoorsman
- a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing)
- outdoorswoman
- a woman who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting and fishing)
- outfielder
- a fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield
- outfielder
- (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield
- outfitter
- someone who sells men's clothes
- outlier
- a person who lives away from his place of work
- outpatient
- a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated
- outrider
- an escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard)
- outsider
- a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win
- overachiever
- a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated
- overcomer
- someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion
- overnighter
- a guest who stays overnight
- overseer
- a person who directs and manages an organization
- Owen Glendower
- Welsh chieftain who led a revolt against Henry IV's rule in Wales (1359-1416)
- Owen Wister
- United States writer (1860-1938)
- owner
- a person who owns something
- owner
- (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
- owner-driver
- a motorist who owns the car that he/she drives
- owner-occupier
- an occupant who owns the home that he/she lives in
- Oxonian
- a native or resident of Oxford
- oyabun
- a Japanese supervisor
- P.O.
- a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
- Pablo Casals
- an outstanding Spanish cellist noted for his interpretation of Bach's cello suites (1876-1973)
- Pablo Picasso
- prolific and influential Spanish artist who lived in France (1881-1973)
- pacha
- a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt
- pachuco
- a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes
- packrat
- a collector of miscellaneous useless objects
- padrone
- an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S.
- padrone
- an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy
- paedophile
- an adult who is sexually attracted to children
- pagan
- a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)
- page
- a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
- page
- a boy who is employed to run errands
- page
- in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
- painter
- an artist who paints
- painter
- a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint
- Paiute
- a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States
- Pakistani
- a native or inhabitant of Pakistan
- palatine
- any of various important officials in ancient Rome
- palatine
- (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
- Paleo-American
- a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch
- paleographer
- an archeologist skilled in paleography
- Palestinian Arab
- a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine
- palooka
- a second-rate prize fighter
- Pamlico
- a member of the Algonquian people formerly of the Pamlico river valley in North Carolina
- pamphleteer
- a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
- Panamanian
- a native or inhabitant of Panama
- Panchen Lama
- the lama next in rank to the Dalai Lama
- panderer
- a person who serves or caters to the vulgar passions or plans of others (especially in order to make money)
- panelist
- a member of a panel
- panhandler
- a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
- Panini
- Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC)
- pansexual
- a person who participates in (or is open to) sexual activities of many kinds
- Pantaloon
- a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes
- pantheist
- someone who believes that God and the universe are the same
- Paolo Veronese
- Italian painter of the Venetian school (1528-1588)
- paparazzo
- a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines
- paper-pusher
- a clerk or bureaucrat who does paperwork
- paperboy
- a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
- paperer
- one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper
- paperhanger
- someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money
- papist
- an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy
- papoose
- an American Indian infant
- Papuan
- a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea
- para I
- (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time
- para
- a soldier in the paratroops
- parachute jumper
- a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute
- paragrapher
- a writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial page of a newspaper)
- Paraguayan
- a native or inhabitant of Paraguay
- paralytic
- a person suffering from paralysis
- paramedic
- a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment
- paranoiac
- a person afflicted with paranoia
- paraplegic
- a person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down)
- paraprofessional
- a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional
- parapsychologist
- someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance
- pardoner
- a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences
- parent
- a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
- parer
- a manicurist who trims the fingernails
- paretic
- a person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis)
- parishioner
- a member of a parish
- Parisian
- a native or resident of Paris
- Parisienne
- a female native or resident of Paris
- park commissioner
- a commissioner in charge of public parks
- parliamentarian
- an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures
- parliamentary agent
- a person who is employed to look after the affairs of businesses that are affected by legislation of the British Parliament
- parlormaid
- a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door
- Parmenides
- a presocratic Greek philosopher born in Italy; held the metaphysical view that being is the basic substance and ultimate reality of which all things are composed; said that motion and change are sensory illusions (5th century BC)
- parolee
- someone released on probation or on parole
- parricide
- someone who kills his or her parent
- parrot
- a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
- Parsee
- a member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western India
- part-owner
- a person who owns something in common with others
- part-timer
- someone who works less than the customary or standard time
- partaker
- someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
- Parthian
- a native or inhabitant of Parthia
- participant
- someone who takes part in an activity
- participant
- a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
- partitionist
- an advocate of partitioning a country
- partner
- a person who is a member of a partnership
- party
- a person involved in legal proceedings
- party girl
- an attractive young woman hired to attend parties and entertain men
- party liner
- a member of a political party who follows strictly the party line
- party whip
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- partygoer
- someone who is attending a party
- Pashtoon
- a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan
- pass catcher
- a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
- Passamaquody
- a member of the Algonquian people related to the Malecite and living in northeastern Maine and New Brunswick
- passenger
- a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
- passer
- a student who passes an examination
- passer
- a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
- passer
- a person who passes by casually or by chance
- passive source
- an informant who is not assigned to obtain specific intelligence but who routinely passes on whatever information he or she has
- past master
- someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity
- past master
- someone who was formerly a master
- paster
- a workman who pastes
- pastry cook
- a chef who specializes in pastry
- patentee
- the inventor to whom a patent is issued
- pater
- an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
- paterfamilias
- the male head of family or tribe
- patient
- a person who requires medical care
- patrial
- a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent)
- patriarch
- a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
- patriarch
- any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
- patriarch
- title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
- patrician
- a person of refined upbringing and manners
- patricide
- a person who murders their father
- Patrick Henry
- a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
- Patrick Victor Martindale White
- Australian writer (1912-1990)
- patroller
- someone on patrol duty; an individual or a member of a group that patrols an area
- patron
- the proprietor of an inn
- patron saint
- a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation
- patron
- someone who supports or champions something
- patroness
- a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
- patternmaker
- someone who makes patterns (as for sewing or carpentry or metalworking)
- Patwin
- a member of the North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California
- patzer
- a poor chess player
- Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
- English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984)
- Paul Bunyan
- a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada
- Paul Bustill Robeson
- United States bass singer and an outspoken critic of racism and proponent of socialism (1898-1976)
- Paul Cezanne
- French Post-impressionist painter who influenced modern art (especially cubism) by stressing the structural components latent in nature (1839-1906)
- Paul Dukas
- French composer (1865-1935)
- Paul Ehrlich
- German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915)
- Paul Gauguin
- French Post-impressionist painter who worked in the South Pacific (1848-1903)
- Paul Heinrich Dietrich
- French philosopher (born in Germany) famous as being one of the first self-described atheists in Europe
- Paul Hermann Muller
- Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965)
- Paul Hindemith
- German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963)
- Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse
- German writer (1830-1914)
- Paul Johannes Tillich
- United States theologian (born in Germany) (1886-1965)
- Paul John Flory
- United States chemist who developed methods for studying long-chain molecules (1910-1985)
- Paul Joseph Goebbels
- German propaganda minister in Nazi Germany who persecuted the Jews (1897-1945)
- Paul Klee
- Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940)
- Paul Leonard Newman
- United States film actor (born in 1925)
- Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg
- German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934)
- Paul Revere
- American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)
- Paul Simon
- United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942)
- Paul Verlaine
- French symbolist poet (1844-1896)
- Paul Vernier
- French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)
- pauper
- a person who is very poor
- pavement artist
- someone who draws on the pavement with colored chalks (hoping that passers-by will give them money)
- pawer
- a person who handles or caresses in a clumsy or overfamiliar manner
- pawnbroker
- a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
- Pawnee
- a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma
- payee
- a person to whom money is paid
- payer
- a person who pays money for something
- paymaster
- a person in charge of paying wages
- paynim
- a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim)
- PCP
- a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
- peacekeeper
- someone who keeps peace
- peacekeeper
- a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area
- peanut
- a young child who is small for his age
- pearl diver
- a diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls
- Pearl Mae Bailey
- United States singer (1918-1990)
- Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
- United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)
- peasant
- one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
- pedaler
- a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle)
- pedodontist
- a dentist who specializes in the care of children's teeth
- Pedro Calderon de la Barca
- Spanish poet and dramatist considered one of the great Spanish writers (1600-1681)
- peeler
- a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables
- Peeping Tom
- a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
- peer
- a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
- peer of the realm
- a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords
- Pelagius
- a British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418)
- Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
- English writer known for his humorous novels and stories (1881-1975)
- pelter
- a thrower of missiles
- pen pal
- a person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence
- pencil pusher
- a clerk who does boring paperwork
- pendragon
- the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons
- penetrator
- an intruder who passes into or through (often by overcoming resistance)
- penitent
- (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
- penman
- informal terms for journalists
- penny pincher
- someone who is excessively careful with money (who pinches every penny before letting go of it)
- Penobscot
- a member of the Algonquian people belonging to the Abnaki confederacy and living in the Penobscot valley in northern Maine
- penologist
- a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management
- pensionary
- the beneficiary of a pension fund
- pentathlete
- an athlete who competes in a pentathlon
- Pentecostalist
- any member of a Pentecostal religious body
- Penutian
- a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages
- Pepin the Short
- king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne who defended papal interests and founded the Carolingian dynasty in 751 (714-768)
- percher
- a person situated on a perch
- Percival Lowell
- United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916)
- percussionist
- a musician who plays percussion instruments
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Englishman and romantic poet (1792-1822)
- Pere Jacques Marquette
- French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)
- perfecter
- a skilled worker who perfects something
- perfectionist
- a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards
- performer
- an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
- perfumer
- a person who makes (and sells) perfumes
- peri
- a beautiful and graceful girl
- Pericles
- Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)
- perinatologist
- an obstetrician specializing in perinatology
- periodontist
- a dentist specializing in diseases of the gums and other structure surrounding the teeth
- peripatetic
- a person who walks from place to place
- perisher
- bounder
- peroxide blond
- a blond whose hair is bleached with peroxide
- persecutor
- someone who torments
- person of color
- (formal) any non-European non-white person
- persona grata
- a diplomat who is acceptable to the government to which he is sent
- persona non grata
- a diplomat who is unacceptable to the government to which he is sent
- persona non grata
- a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome
- personage
- another word for person; a person not meriting identification
- personal representative
- a person who manages the affairs of another
- personality
- a person of considerable prominence
- personification
- a person who represents an abstract quality
- perspirer
- a person who perspires
- Peruvian
- a native or inhabitant of Peru
- peshmerga
- a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state
- pessimist
- a person who expects the worst
- Peter Alexander Ustinov
- British actor and playwright (1921-2004)
- Peter Behrens
- German architect known for his simple utilitarian factory buildings (1868-1940)
- Peter Carl Faberge
- Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920)
- Peter Carl Goldmark
- United States inventor (born in Hungary) who made the first TV broadcast in 1940 and invented the long-playing record in 1948 and pioneered videocassette recording (1906-1977)
- Peter Cooper
- United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883)
- Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
- important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893)
- Peter Mark Roget
- English physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869)
- Peter Minnewit
- Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638)
- Peter Pan
- a boyish or immature man; after the boy in Barrie's play who never grows up
- Peter Paul Mauser
- German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)
- Peter Seamus O'Toole
- British actor (born in Ireland in 1932)
- Peter Seeger
- United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919)
- Peter Sellers
- English comic actor (1925-1980)
- Peter the Great
- czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government; he extended his territories in the Baltic and founded St. Petersburg (1682-1725)
- petit bourgeois
- a member of the lower middle class
- petit juror
- a member of a petit jury
- petitioner
- one praying humbly for something
- petitioner
- someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
- Petronius Arbiter
- Roman satirist (died in 66)
- Petrus Stuyvesant
- the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672)
- pettifogger
- a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
- Pharaoh of Egypt
- the title of the ancient Egyptian kings
- Pharisee
- a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions
- pharisee
- a self-righteous or sanctimonious person
- pharmaceutical chemist
- someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects)
- Pheidias
- ancient Greek sculptor (circa 500-432 BC)
- philanderer
- a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them
- philatelist
- a collector and student of postage stamps
- Philemon
- (New Testament) a Christian (probably living in Colossae) whose slave escaped and went to see Saint Paul
- Philemon
- (Greek mythology) a simple countryman who offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when they came to earth without revealing their identities in order to test people's piety
- Philibert de l'Orme
- French royal architect who built the Tuileries Palace and Gardens in Paris for Catherine de Medicis (1515-1570)
- Philip Augustus
- son of Louis VII whose reign as king of France saw wars with the English that regained control of Normandy and Anjou and most of Poitou (1165-1223)
- Philip II of Macedon
- king of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC)
- Philip II of Spain
- king of Spain and Portugal and husband of Mary I; he supported the Counter Reformation and sent the Spanish Armada to invade England (1527-1598)
- Philip Michael Ondaatje
- Canadian writer (born in Sri Lanka in 1943)
- Philip Milton Roth
- United States writer whose novels portray middle-class Jewish life (born in 1933)
- Philip of Valois
- king of France who founded the Valois dynasty; his dispute with Edward III over his succession led to the Hundred Years' War (1293-1350)
- Philip V
- king of ancient Macedonia whose confrontations with the Romans led to his defeat and his loss of control over Greece
- Philip Warren Anderson
- United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-)
- Philipp Lenard
- German physicist who studied cathode rays (1862-1947)
- Philipp Melanchthon
- German theologian and Luther's successor as leader of the Reformation in Germany (1497-1560)
- Philippian
- a native or inhabitant of Philippi in ancient Macedonia
- Philistine
- a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
- Phillis Wheatley
- American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America (1753-1784)
- philologist
- a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
- philomath
- a lover of learning
- philosopher
- a specialist in philosophy
- philosopher
- a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity
- philosophiser
- someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view
- Phineas Taylor Barnum
- United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891)
- Phintias
- friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the tyrant released them both (4th century BC)
- phlebotomist
- someone who practices phlebotomy
- Phoenician
- a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.
- phone tapper
- someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire
- phonetician
- a specialist in phonetics
- phonologist
- a specialist in phonology
- Photius
- Patriarch of Constantinople and saint of the Greek Orthodox Church; was condemned by the Fourth Council of Constantinople in 869 but was reinstated by a later pope
- photographer's model
- a model who poses for photographers
- photojournalist
- a journalist who presents a story primarily through the use of photographs
- photometrician
- someone who practices photometry
- Phrygian
- a native or inhabitant of Phrygia
- physical therapist
- therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder
- physicist
- a scientist trained in physics
- physiologist
- a biologist specializing in physiology
- phytochemist
- a chemist who specializes in the chemistry of plants
- PI
- the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project
- PI
- someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
- pianist
- a person who plays the piano
- piano maker
- a person who makes pianos
- piano teacher
- someone who teaches students to play the piano
- piano tuner
- someone who tunes pianos
- picador
- the horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low
- picaninny
- (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
- picker
- someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
- picket
- a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
- picknicker
- a person who is picnicking
- pickup
- a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
- pied piper
- a leader who entices people to follow (especially to their doom)
- Pier Luigi Nervi
- Italian architect who pioneered in the use of reinforced concrete (1891-1979)
- Pierre Abelard
- French philosopher and theologian; lover of Heloise (1079-1142)
- Pierre Athanase Larousse
- French lexicographer (1817-1875)
- Pierre Auguste Renoir
- French impressionist painter (1841-1919)
- Pierre Boulez
- French composer of serial music (born in 1925)
- Pierre Charles L'Enfant
- United States architect (born in France) who laid out the city plan for Washington (1754-1825)
- Pierre Corneille
- French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684)
- Pierre Curie
- French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)
- Pierre de Fermat
- French mathematician who founded number theory; contributed (with Pascal) to the theory of probability (1601-1665)
- Pierre Joseph Proudhon
- French socialist who argued that property is theft (1809-1865)
- Pierre Simon de Laplace
- French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- French paleontologist and philosopher (1881-1955)
- Pierre-Paul Broca
- French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different people; remembered for his discovery that articulate speech depends on an area of the brain now known as Broca's area (1824-1880)
- Piet Mondrian
- Dutch painter whose work (intersecting lines at right angles and planes in primary colors) influenced the development of abstract art (1872-1944)
- Pieter Brueghel the Elder
- Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569)
- Pieter Zeeman
- Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged particles in an atom (1865-1943)
- pig
- a coarse obnoxious person
- pigman
- a herder or swine
- pigmy
- an unusually small individual
- pilferer
- a thief who steals without using violence
- pilgrim
- someone who journeys in foreign lands
- pilgrim
- someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
- Pilgrim Father
- one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620
- pill
- a unpleasant or tiresome person
- pillar of strength
- a person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort
- pilot
- a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
- Piltdown hoax
- a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax
- Pima
- a member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico
- pinch hitter
- (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter
- Pinchas Zukerman
- Israeli violinist (born in 1948)
- pinchgut
- a niggardly person who starves himself (and others)
- Pindar
- Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes (518?-438? BC)
- pink
- a person with mildly leftist political views
- pioneer
- one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
- pip-squeak
- someone who is small and insignificant
- pipe fitter
- a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
- pipe major
- the chief piper in a band of bagpipes
- pipe smoker
- a smoker who uses a pipe
- Pisces
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
- pisser
- a person who urinates
- pistoleer
- someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed)
- pitching coach
- an assistant baseball coach in charge of pitchers
- pitchman
- an aggressive salesman who uses a fast line of talk to sell something
- pivot
- the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver
- placeholder
- a person authorized to act for another
- placekicker
- (football) a kicker who makes a place kick for a goal
- placeman
- a disparaging term for an appointee
- placer miner
- a miner who extracts minerals from a placer by washing or dredging
- Placido Domingo
- Spanish operatic tenor noted for performances in operas by Verdi and Puccini (born in 1941)
- plainclothesman
- a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty
- plainsman
- an inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America)
- plaiter
- someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.)
- planet
- a person who follows or serves another
- plant
- an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
- plantation owner
- the owner or manager of a plantation
- planter
- a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground
- plaster saint
- a person (considered to be) without human failings
- plasterer
- a worker skilled in applying plaster
- platelayer
- a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks
- plater
- a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold)
- platinum blond
- a blond whose hair is a pale silvery (often artificially colored) blond
- platitudinarian
- a bore who makes excessive use of platitudes
- Plato
- ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle (428-347 BC)
- Platonist
- an advocate of Platonism
- player
- a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
- playfellow
- a companion at play
- playgoer
- someone who attends the theater
- playmaker
- a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score
- pleaser
- a pleasing entertainer
- pleb
- one of the common people
- pledge
- someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group
- pledge taker
- a volunteer who records (usually by telephone) contributions pledged in a fund drive
- pledgee
- someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge
- pledger
- someone who makes or gives a pledge
- plenipotentiary
- a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government
- plier
- someone who plies a trade
- plodder
- someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours
- plodder
- someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner
- plodder
- someone who moves slowly
- Plotinus
- Roman philosopher (born in Egypt) who was the leading representative of Neoplatonism (205-270)
- plotter
- a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action
- ploughboy
- a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow
- ploughman
- a man who plows
- ploughwright
- a workman who makes and repairs plows
- plug-ugly
- someone who bullies weaker people
- plunger
- someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- pluralist
- someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society
- pluralist
- a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature
- pluralist
- a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time
- Plutarch
- Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD)
- plutocrat
- someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth
- poacher
- someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another
- poet
- a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
- poet laureate
- the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain
- poet laureate
- a poet who is unofficially regarded as holding an honorary position in a particular group or region
- poetess
- a woman poet
- poetiser
- a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
- poilu
- a French soldier (especially in World War I)
- point man
- a soldier who goes ahead of a patrol
- point man
- someone who is the forefront of an important enterprise
- point woman
- a woman who is the forefront of an important enterprise
- pointillist
- a painter who uses the technique of pointillism
- pointsman
- a policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic
- poisoner
- someone who kills with poison
- pol
- a person active in party politics
- polack
- a person of Polish descent
- Pole
- a native or inhabitant of Poland
- pole jumper
- an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole
- polemic
- a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
- police commissioner
- a civil commissioner appointed to supervise the duties and discipline of the police
- police matron
- a woman policeman
- police sergeant
- a lawman with the rank of sergeant
- policy maker
- someone who sets the plan pursued by a government or business etc.
- policyholder
- a person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written
- political dissident
- a dissenter from political orthodoxy
- political prisoner
- someone who is imprisoned because of their political views
- political scientist
- a social scientist specializing in the study of government
- politician
- a leader engaged in civil administration
- politician
- a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways
- poltergeist
- a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder
- polyandrist
- a woman with two or more husbands
- polygamist
- someone who is married to two or more people at the same time
- polygynist
- a man with two or more wives
- polymath
- a person of great and varied learning
- Polynesian
- a native or inhabitant of Polynesia
- polytheist
- one who believes in a plurality of gods
- pom
- a disparaging term for a British person
- Pomo
- a member of an Indian people of northern California living along the Russian River valley and adjacent Pacific coast
- pomologist
- someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees
- ponce
- a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses
- Ponka
- a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
- Pontiac
- famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769)
- pontifex
- a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome
- Pontius Pilate
- the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36)
- pool player
- someone who shoots pool
- pooler
- someone who shares in and contributes to a general fund for use by all
- poor devil
- someone you feel sorry for
- poor white trash
- (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
- Pope Alexander VI
- Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503)
- popinjay
- a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot)
- populariser
- someone who makes something attractive to the general public
- populist
- someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite
- pork butcher
- a vendor of pork and products made from pork
- porn merchant
- someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores
- port watcher
- a watchman on a wharf
- porter
- a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- Portuguese
- a native or inhabitant of Portugal
- poser
- a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
- poseuse
- a woman poseur
- positivist
- someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes
- posseman
- an able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse
- possible
- an applicant who might be suitable
- post doc
- a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree
- Post-impressionist
- an artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against Impressionism
- poster boy
- a male poster child
- poster child
- a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes
- poster girl
- a female poster child
- postilion
- someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)
- postmaster
- the person in charge of a post office
- postmaster general
- the official in charge of the national postal service
- postmature infant
- infant born after 42 weeks of gestation; usually shows signs of placental insufficiency
- postmistress
- a woman postmaster
- postulant
- one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order
- postulator
- someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument
- postulator
- (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization
- posturer
- someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others
- Potawatomi
- a member of the Algonquian people originally of Michigan and Wisconsin
- potboy
- a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
- potholer
- a person who explores caves
- pothunter
- someone who hunts for food (not for sport)
- pothunter
- someone who participates in contests in order to collect trophies
- pothunter
- a nonprofessional archeologist
- potterer
- a person who putters about
- poulterer
- a dealer in poultry and poultry products
- POW
- a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war
- powder monkey
- someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship)
- powderer
- someone who applies or scatters powder
- power broker
- a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control
- power user
- (computing) a computer user who needs the fastest and most powerful computers available
- power worker
- a worker at a power station
- Powhatan
- a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia
- PR man
- someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)
- practice teacher
- a college student who is teaching under the supervision of a certified teacher in order to qualify for a degree in education
- practician
- someone who practices a learned profession
- praetor
- an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
- Praetorian Guard
- a member of the Praetorian Guard
- pragmatist
- a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions
- pragmatist
- an adherent of philosophical pragmatism
- prattler
- someone who speaks in a childish way
- Praxiteles
- ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)
- prayer
- someone who prays to God
- Pre-Raphaelite
- a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals
- pre-Socratic
- any philosopher who lived before Socrates
- preacher
- someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
- prebendary
- a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church
- predecessor
- one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)
- preemie
- an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
- preemptor
- a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid
- preemptor
- someone who acquires land by preemption
- prefect
- a chief officer or chief magistrate
- presbyope
- a person with presbyopia; someone who is farsighted resulting from the progressive loss with aging of the elasticity of the crystalline lens
- presbyter
- an elder in the Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterian
- a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church
- presenter
- someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.)
- presenter
- an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)
- presentist
- a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) are being fulfilled at the present time
- preservationist
- someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas
- preserver
- someone who keeps safe from harm or danger
- preserver
- a cook who preserves fruits or meat
- preserver
- a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture
- president
- the chief executive of a republic
- president
- an executive officer of a firm or corporation
- President Abraham Lincoln
- 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
- 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)
- President Benjamin Harrison
- 23rd President of the United States (1833-1901)
- President Buchanan
- 15th President of the United States (1791-1868)
- President Coolidge
- elected vice president and succeeded as 30th President of the United States when Harding died in 1923 (1872-1933)
- President Fillmore
- elected vice president and became the 13th President of the United States when Zachary Taylor died in office (1800-1874)
- President Franklin Roosevelt
- 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
- President George W. Bush
- 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
- President Jefferson
- 3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826)
- President John Adams
- 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)
- President John F. Kennedy
- 35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)
- President John Quincy Adams
- 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848)
- President Lyndon Johnson
- 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)
- President Madison
- 4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)
- President McKinley
- 25th President of the United States; was assassinated by an anarchist (1843-1901)
- President Monroe
- 5th President of the United States; author of the Monroe Doctrine (1758-1831)
- President of the United States
- the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
- President Pierce
- 14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
- President Taylor
- 12th President of the United States; died in office (1784-1850)
- President Theodore Roosevelt
- 26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration
- President Truman
- elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term; became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan (1884-1972)
- President Tyler
- elected vice president and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862)
- President Van Buren
- 8th President of the United States (1782-1862)
- President Washington
- 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
- President William Henry Harrison
- 9th President of the United States; caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died shortly after (1773-1841)
- president
- the head administrative officer of a college or university
- presiding officer
- the leader of a group meeting
- press lord
- a powerful newspaper proprietor
- press photographer
- a photographer who works for a newspaper
- pressman
- someone whose occupation is printing
- preteen
- a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age)
- Pretender
- a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
- preterist
- a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled
- prevailing party
- the party in a lawsuit who obtains a judgment in their own favor
- priest
- a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
- priest-doctor
- in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination
- priestess
- a woman priest
- prig
- a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
- prima ballerina
- a leading female ballet dancer
- prima donna
- a vain and temperamental person
- primary care physician
- the physician who provides primary care
- Prime Minister
- the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
- primitive
- a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
- primogenitor
- an ancestor in the direct line
- primus
- the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland
- prince
- a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
- Prince Charles
- the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948)
- prince charming
- a suitor who fulfills the dreams of his beloved
- prince consort
- a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign
- Prince Eugene of Savoy
- Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736)
- Prince Fumimaro Konoye
- Japanese statesman who set Japan's expansionist policies and formed an alliance with Germany and Italy (1891-1945)
- Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von Metternich
- Austrian statesman (1773-1859)
- Prince of Wales
- the male heir apparent of the British sovereign
- Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck
- German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898)
- Prince Rupert
- English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)
- princeling
- a young prince
- princeling
- a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality
- princess
- a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
- Princess Grace of Monaco
- United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982)
- princess royal
- the eldest daughter of a British sovereign
- principal
- (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
- print seller
- someone who sells etchings and engravings etc.
- printer's devil
- an apprentice in a printing establishment
- prior
- the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
- prison chaplain
- a chaplain in a prison
- private citizen
- a citizen who does not hold any official or public position
- privateer
- an officer or crew member of a privateer
- pro
- an athlete who plays for pay
- pro-lifer
- an advocate of full legal protection for embryos and fetuses; someone opposed to legalized induced abortion
- probability theorist
- a mathematician who specializes in probability theory
- probable
- an applicant likely to be chosen
- probation officer
- the officer of the court who supervises probationers
- probationer
- a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period
- process-server
- someone who personally delivers a process (a writ compelling attendance in court) or court papers to the defendant
- processor
- someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)
- proconsul
- a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
- proconsul
- an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
- proctologist
- a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus
- procurator
- (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes
- procurer
- someone who obtains or acquires
- procuress
- a woman pimp
- prodigal
- a recklessly extravagant consumer
- prodigy
- an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration
- producer
- someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)
- prof
- someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
- professional tennis player
- someone who earns a living playing or teaching tennis
- professional
- a person engaged in one of the learned professions
- profit taker
- someone who sells stock shares at a profit
- profiteer
- someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
- projectionist
- the person who operates the projector in a movie house
- prole
- a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
- promisee
- a person to whom a promise is made
- promiser
- a person who makes a promise
- prompter
- someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech
- promulgator
- (law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution)
- proofreader
- someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
- propagandist
- a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
- propagator
- someone who propagates plants (as under glass)
- property man
- member of the stage crew in charge of properties
- prophet
- someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God
- prophetess
- a woman prophet
- proposer
- someone who advances a suggestion or proposal
- propositus
- the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action
- proprietress
- a woman proprietor
- prosecuting attorney
- a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
- proselyte
- a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
- prospector
- someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
- Prosper Meniere
- French otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere's disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862)
- Prospero Lambertini
- pope who was a patron of the arts and who denounced the cruelty to the indigenous peoples of South America (1675-1758)
- prosthetist
- an expert in prosthetics
- prosthodontist
- a dentist who is expert in prosthodontics
- protectionist
- an advocate of protectionism
- protege
- a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career
- protegee
- a woman protege
- Protestant
- an adherent of Protestantism
- Protestant deacon
- a Protestant layman who assists the minister
- protozoologist
- a zoologist who studies protozoans
- provider
- someone who provides the means for subsistence
- provider
- someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
- provincial
- (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
- provisioner
- a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
- provost
- a high-ranking university administrator
- provost marshal
- the supervisor of the military police
- prowler
- someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
- prude
- a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
- pruner
- a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs
- Prussian
- a German inhabitant of Prussia
- psalmist
- a composer of sacred songs
- psephologist
- a sociologist who studies election trends
- pseudohermaphrodite
- someone having external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex; not a true hermaphrodite because there is no ambiguity in the sex of the external genitalia and hence no question about gender at birth
- psyche
- the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
- psychic
- a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
- psycho
- a person afflicted with psychosis
- psycholinguist
- a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language
- psychologist
- a scientist trained in psychology
- psychopath
- someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
- psychophysicist
- a psychologist trained in psychophysics
- pteridologist
- an expert in the study of ferns
- Ptolemy I
- the king of Egypt who founded the Macedonian dynasty in Egypt; a close friend and general of Alexander the Great who took charge of Egypt after Alexander died (circa 367-285 BC)
- Ptolemy II
- son of Ptolemy I and king of Egypt who was said to be responsible for the Septuagint (circa 309-247 BC)
- public defender
- a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense
- public relations person
- a person employed to establish and promote a favorable relationship with the public
- public servant
- someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)
- publican
- the keeper of a public house
- publiciser
- someone who publicizes
- publisher
- a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music
- Publius Aelius Hadrianus
- Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138)
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major
- Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
- Publius Cornelius Tacitus
- Roman historian who wrote major works on the history of the Roman Empire (56-120)
- Publius Ovidius Naso
- Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)
- Publius Terentius Afer
- dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC)
- Publius Vergilius Maro
- a Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid' (70-19 BC)
- puddler
- a worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling
- pudge
- a short fat person
- Pueblo
- a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock)
- puerpera
- a woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter
- Puerto Rican
- a native or resident of Puerto Rico
- puller
- someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself
- Pullman porter
- a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
- puncher
- someone who delivers punches
- punching bag
- a person on whom another person vents their anger
- Punjabi
- a member of the people of Pakistan and Punjab
- punk
- a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture
- punster
- someone overly fond of making puns
- punter
- (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground
- punter
- someone who propels a boat with a pole
- pup
- an inexperienced young person
- pupil
- a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
- puppet leader
- a leader or ruler who is chosen by a despot to head a government
- puppeteer
- one who operates puppets or marionettes
- purchasing agent
- an agent who purchases goods or services for another
- purist
- someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)
- puritan
- someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
- Puritan
- a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
- purser
- an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare
- pursuer
- a person who pursues some plan or goal
- purveyor
- someone who supplies provisions (especially food)
- pusher
- someone who pushes
- pusher
- one who intrudes or pushes himself forward
- pushover
- someone who is easily taken advantage of
- pussycat
- a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable
- putter
- a golfer who is putting
- putz
- (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot
- Pygmy
- any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet
- Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin
- Russian anarchist (1842-1921)
- pyrographer
- an artist who practices pyrography
- pyromancer
- one who practices pyromancy
- pyromaniac
- a person with a mania for setting things on fire
- Pyrrhus
- king of Epirus; defeated the Romans in two battles in spite of staggering losses (319-272 BC)
- Pythagoras
- Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)
- qadi
- an Islamic judge
- Qatari
- a native or inhabitant of Qatar
- quack
- an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
- quad
- one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- quadripara
- (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies
- quadriplegic
- a person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs
- quadroon
- an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black
- quaestor
- any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)
- quaffer
- a person who drinks heartily
- Quaker
- a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
- quaker
- one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear
- qualifier
- a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition
- Quapaw
- a member of the Siouan people of the Arkansas river valley in Arkansas
- quarreler
- a disputant who quarrels
- quarrier
- a man who works in a quarry
- quarter
- an unspecified person
- quartermaster
- an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
- quartermaster general
- a staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army
- Quebecois
- a native or inhabitant of Quebec (especially one who speaks French)
- Quechua
- a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire
- queen
- the wife or widow of a king
- queen
- something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
- queen consort
- the wife of a reigning king
- queen dowager
- the widow of a king
- queen mother
- a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign
- Queen of England
- the sovereign ruler of England
- queen of the May
- the girl chosen queen of a May Day festival
- queen regent
- a queen who serves as ruler when the king cannot
- Queen Victoria
- queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
- Queen's Counsel
- Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen
- Quentin Jerome Tarantino
- United States filmmaker (born in 1963)
- quester
- someone making a search or inquiry
- question master
- the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game
- Quiche
- a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala
- quick study
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
- quietist
- a religious mystic who follows quietism
- quin
- one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- quintipara
- (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies
- Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
- Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian theology (160-230)
- quitter
- a person who gives up too easily
- quoter
- a communicator (speaker or writer) who uses quotations
- rabbi
- spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law
- Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon
- Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204)
- racetrack tout
- someone who offers advice about betting on horses (either to influence the odds or in the hope of sharing some of the winnings)
- Rachel
- (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin
- Rachel Louise Carson
- United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)
- racialist
- a person with a prejudiced belief that one racial group is superior to others
- racker
- an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack
- racketeer
- someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
- radical
- a person who has radical ideas or opinions
- radio announcer
- an announcer whose voice is broadcast on radio
- radio operator
- someone who operates a radio transmitter
- radiobiologist
- a biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living organisms
- radiographer
- a person who makes radiographs
- radiologic technologist
- a scientist trained in radiological technology
- radiologist
- a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease
- Raffaello Sanzio
- Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520)
- rafter
- someone who travels by raft
- ragamuffin
- a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
- Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch
- Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973)
- ragpicker
- an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood
- ragsorter
- a worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking)
- rail-splitter
- a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences
- railbird
- a fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track
- railroad man
- an employee of a railroad
- Rain-in-the-Face
- a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905)
- Rainer Maria Rilke
- German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20th-century German literature (1875-1926)
- rainmaker
- American Indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain
- rainmaker
- executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm
- raiser
- a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid
- raja
- a prince or king in India
- Rajpoot
- a member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India
- Ralph Barton Perry
- United States philosopher (1876-1957)
- Ralph Johnson Bunche
- United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958)
- Ralph Waldo Ellison
- United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)
- rambler
- a person whose speech or writing is not well organized
- rambler
- a person who takes long walks in the country
- Ramesses
- any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC
- Ramesses the Great
- king of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments
- ramrod
- a harshly demanding overseer
- ranch hand
- a hired hand on a ranch
- rancher
- a person who owns or operates a ranch
- Randall Jarrell
- United States poet (1914-1965)
- ranee
- (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja
- ranker
- an enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces
- ranker
- a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status
- ranter
- someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner
- Raoul Dufy
- French painter noted for brightly colored scenes (1877-1953)
- rape suspect
- someone who is suspected of committing rape
- raper
- someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse
- rapper
- someone who performs rap music
- rapporteur
- a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings
- rara avis
- a rare or unique person
- Ras Tafari Makonnen
- emperor of Ethiopia; worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975)
- Rasmus Christian Rask
- Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832)
- Rastafarian
- follower of Rastafarianism
- ratepayer
- a person who pays local rates (especially a householder)
- ratiocinator
- someone who reasons logically
- raver
- a participant in a rave dancing party
- Ravi Shankar
- Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920)
- raw recruit
- an inexperienced and untrained recruit
- Ray Douglas Bradbury
- United States writer of science fiction (born 1920)
- Ray M. Dolby
- United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording
- Raymond Bernard Cattell
- American psychologist (born in England) who developed a broad theory of human behavior based on multivariate research (1905-1998)
- Raymond Lully
- Spanish philosopher (1235-1315)
- Raymond Thornton Chandler
- United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)
- reader
- a person who enjoys reading
- reader
- a person who can read; a literate person
- reader
- someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
- reader
- someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
- reading teacher
- someone who teaches students to read
- realist
- a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them
- realist
- a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style
- realist
- a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly
- Realtor
- a real estate agent who is a member of the National Association of Realtors
- rear admiral
- an admiral junior to a vice admiral
- Rebecca Rolfe
- a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617)
- Rebekah
- (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
- rebuker
- someone who finds fault or imputes blame
- receiver
- the tennis player who receives the serve
- receiver
- a person who receives something
- receptionist
- a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
- recitalist
- a musician who gives recitals
- reciter
- someone who recites from memory
- record-breaker
- someone who breaks a record
- recorder
- a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs
- recorder player
- someone who plays the recorder
- recorder
- someone responsible for keeping records
- recoverer
- someone who saves something from danger or violence
- recruiter
- an official who enlists personnel for military service
- recruiter
- someone who supplies members or employees
- recruiting-sergeant
- a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits
- rectifier
- a person who corrects or sets right
- Red Cloud
- leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909)
- redact
- someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
- redcap
- a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station
- redcap
- a member of the military police in Britain
- redeemer
- someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.)
- Redskin
- (slang) offensive term for Native Americans
- reeler
- a dancer of reels
- reeler
- someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall
- reenactor
- a person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier
- ref
- (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
- referee
- an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
- referral
- a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group
- refiner
- one whose work is to refine a specific thing
- Reform Jew
- liberal Jew who tries to adapt all aspects of Judaism to modern circumstances
- refugee
- an exile who flees for safety
- regent
- someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
- regent
- members of a governing board
- regicide
- someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
- Reginald Carey Harrison
- English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
- Reginald Joseph Mitchell
- English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937)
- Reginald Marsh
- United States painter (1898-1954)
- registrant
- a person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register (and who obtains certain rights thereby)
- registrar
- the administrator responsible for student records
- registrar
- a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company
- Regius professor
- holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron
- regular
- a dependable follower (especially in party politics)
- regular
- a soldier in the regular army
- regulator
- an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
- reincarnation
- embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)
- Reinhold Niebuhr
- United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971)
- relation
- a person related by blood or marriage
- religionist
- a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot
- religious
- a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
- religious leader
- leader of a religious order
- religious person
- a person who manifests devotion to a deity
- Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
- influential Dutch artist (1606-1669)
- remittance man
- an exile living on money sent from home
- remover
- someone who works for a company that moves furniture
- Renaissance man
- a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics
- Renaissance man
- a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests
- Renata Tebaldi
- Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922)
- Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur
- French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757)
- Rene Descartes
- French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650)
- Rene Magritte
- Belgian surrealist painter (1898-1967)
- Rene-Robert Cavelier
- French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687)
- renegade
- someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
- rent collector
- a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner
- renter
- an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person
- renter
- someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
- rentier
- someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments
- rep
- informal abbreviation of `representative'
- repatriate
- a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
- repeater
- a person who repeats
- replacement
- a person who follows next in order
- repository
- a person to whom a secret is entrusted
- representative
- a person who represents others
- republican
- an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)
- Republican
- a member of the Republican Party
- reserve
- an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
- reservist
- a member of a military reserve
- resident commissioner
- the representative of Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives
- respecter
- a person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative
- respondent
- the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent
- restauranter
- the proprietor of a restaurant
- rester
- a person who rests
- retail merchant
- a merchant who sells goods at retail
- retainer
- a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
- retired person
- someone who has retired from active working
- retreatant
- a participant in a religious retreat
- returning officer
- the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results
- Reuben
- (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel
- Reuben Lucius Goldberg
- United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970)
- revenant
- someone who has returned from the dead
- revenant
- a person who returns after a lengthy absence
- revenuer
- a government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging)
- reversioner
- (law) a party who is entitled to an estate in reversion
- revisionist
- a Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position
- revolutionary
- a radical supporter of political or social revolution
- Rex
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- Rhea Silvia
- (Roman mythology) a vestal virgin who became the mother by Mars of the twins Romulus and Remus
- rheumatic
- a person suffering with rheumatism
- rheumatologist
- a physician specializing in rheumatic diseases
- Rhode Islander
- a native or resident of Rhode Island
- Rhodes scholar
- a student who holds one of the scholarships endowed by the will of Cecil J. Rhodes that enables the student to study at Oxford University
- rhythm and blues musician
- a performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music
- ribald
- a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
- Richard Adolph Zsigmondy
- German chemist (born in Austria) honored for his research on colloidal solutions (1865-1929)
- Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer
- German chemist (1825-1909)
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Irish playwright remembered for his satirical comedies of manners (1751-1816)
- Richard Buckminster Fuller
- United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)
- Richard Burbage
- English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619)
- Richard Burton
- Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984)
- Richard D'Oyly Carte
- English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901)
- Richard D. Fosbury
- United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947)
- Richard Errett Smalley
- American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943)
- Richard Erskine Leakey
- English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)
- Richard Evelyn Byrd
- explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957)
- Richard Henry Lee
- leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)
- Richard Henry Tawney
- English economist remembered for his studies of the development of capitalism (1880-1962)
- Richard Hooker
- English theologian (1554-1600)
- Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace
- English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932)
- Richard II
- King of England from 1377 to 1399; he suppressed the Peasant's Revolt in 1381 but his reign was marked by popular discontent and baronial opposition in British Parliament and he was forced to abdicate in 1399 (1367-1400)
- Richard III
- King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485)
- Richard John Roberts
- United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
- Richard Jordan Gatling
- United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903)
- Richard Kuhn
- Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967)
- Richard Lovelace
- English poet (1618-1857)
- Richard Milhous Nixon
- vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994)
- Richard Morris Hunt
- United States architect (1827-1895)
- Richard Phillips Feynman
- United States physicist who contributed to the theory of the interaction of photons and electrons (1918-1988)
- Richard Rodgers
- United States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979)
- Richard Roe
- an unknown or fictitious party to legal proceedings
- Richard Starkey
- rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940)
- Richard Strauss
- German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949)
- Richard the Lion-Hearted
- son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199)
- Richard Trevithick
- English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833)
- Richard Upjohn
- United States architect (born in England) (1802-1878)
- Richard Wright
- United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
- rider
- a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
- rider
- a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle)
- riding master
- someone who teaches horsemanship
- Riffian
- a Berber living in northern Morocco
- rifleman
- a soldier whose weapon is a rifle
- rifleman
- someone skilled in the use of a rifle
- rigger
- someone who rigs ships
- right fielder
- the person who plays right field
- right hander
- a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left
- right-handed pitcher
- (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand
- rightist
- a member of a right wing political party
- Riley B King
- United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
- ring girl
- a young woman who holds up cards indicating the number of the next round at prize fights
- ringer
- a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
- Ringgold Wilmer Lardner
- United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933)
- ringleader
- a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
- ringmaster
- the person in charge of performances in a circus ring
- rioter
- troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority
- Rip van Winkle
- a person who sleeps a lot
- Rip van Winkle
- a person oblivious to social changes
- ripper
- a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife
- riser
- a person who rises (especially from bed)
- ritualist
- a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies
- ritualist
- an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms
- riveter
- a worker who inserts and hammers rivets
- RN
- a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration
- road builder
- someone whose business is to build roads
- road hog
- a driver who obstructs others
- road mender
- a workman who is employed to repair roads
- Roald Amundsen
- Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928)
- Roald Hoffmann
- United States chemist (born in Poland) who used quantum mechanics to understand chemical reactions (born in 1937)
- roaster
- a cook who roasts food
- roaster
- a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment)
- robber
- a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
- robbery suspect
- someone suspected of committing robbery
- Robert Abram Bartlett
- United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
- Robert Adam
- Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792)
- Robert Alexander Schumann
- German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856)
- Robert Andrews Millikan
- United States physicist who isolated the electron and measured its charge (1868-1953)
- Robert Anson Heinlein
- United States writer of science fiction (1907-1988)
- Robert Barany
- Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936)
- Robert Boyle
- Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691)
- Robert Brown
- Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
- Robert Browning
- English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)
- Robert Bruce Mathias
- United States athlete who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon (born in 1930)
- Robert Burns
- celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796)
- Robert Burns Woodward
- United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979)
- Robert Charles Benchley
- United States humorist (1889-1945)
- Robert Charles Venturi
- United States architect (born in 1925)
- Robert De Niro
- United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943)
- Robert Edward Lee
- American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
- Robert Edwin Peary
- United States Arctic explorer and United States naval officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1856-1920)
- Robert Emmet Sherwood
- United States playwright (1896-1955)
- Robert Falcon Scott
- English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912)
- Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
- American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
- Robert Fulton
- American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815)
- Robert Gray
- American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
- Robert Herrick
- English lyric poet (1591-1674)
- Robert Hooke
- English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703)
- Robert Hutchings Goddard
- United States physicist who developed the first successful liquid-fueled rocket (1882-1945)
- Robert Indiana
- United States pop artist (born 1928)
- Robert James Fischer
- United States chess master; world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943)
- Robert Jemison Van de Graaff
- United States physicist (1901-1967)
- Robert Joffrey
- United States choreographer (1930-1988)
- Robert King Merton
- United States sociologist (1910-2003)
- Robert Koch
- German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910)
- Robert Lee Frost
- United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)
- Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson
- Scottish author (1850-1894)
- Robert MacGregor
- Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734)
- Robert Maynard Hutchins
- United States educator who was president of the University of Chicago (1899-1977)
- Robert Mearns Yerkes
- United States psychologist who studied the intelligence of primates (1876-1956)
- Robert Mills
- United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)
- Robert Mitchum
- United States film actor (1917-1997)
- Robert Morris
- leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806)
- Robert Motherwell
- United States abstract expressionist painter (1915-1991)
- Robert Nesta Marley
- Jamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981)
- Robert Oppenheimer
- United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967)
- Robert Orr
- Canadian hockey player (born 1948)
- Robert Owen
- Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
- Robert Penn Warren
- United States writer and poet (1905-1989)
- Robert R. Livingston
- American Revolutionary leader who served in the Continental Congress and as minister to France (1746-1813)
- Robert Ranke Graves
- English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)
- Robert Southey
- English poet and friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge (1774-1843)
- Robert the Bruce
- king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)
- Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr.
- United States poet (1917-1977)
- Robert Treat Paine
- American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814)
- Robert Tyre Jones
- United States golfer (1902-1971)
- Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
- German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899)
- Robert William Service
- Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)
- Robert Woodrow Wilson
- United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918)
- Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmine
- Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621)
- Rocco Marciano
- United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship in 1952 (1924-1969)
- rock
- (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
- rock 'n' roll musician
- a performer or composer or fan of rock music
- rock star
- a famous singer of rock music
- rocker
- an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
- rocker
- a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
- rocket engineer
- an engineer who builds and tests rockets
- rocket scientist
- a clever thinker
- Rockwell Kent
- United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971)
- Rodney George Laver
- Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938)
- Roger Bacon
- English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
- Roger Brooke Taney
- United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864)
- Roger de Mortimer
- English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330)
- Roger Eliot Fry
- English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
- Roger Huntington Sessions
- United States composer who promoted 20th century music (1896-1985)
- Roger Sherman
- American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793)
- Roger Williams
- English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)
- roisterer
- an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker
- roller-skater
- someone who engages in roller skating
- rollerblader
- a skater who uses Rollerblades
- Roman
- a resident of modern Rome
- Roman
- an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire
- Roman Catholic
- a member of the Roman Catholic Church
- Roman Catholic Pope
- the head of the Roman Catholic Church
- Roman Osipovich Jakobson
- United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982)
- Romanoff
- a member of the imperial family that ruled Russia
- romantic
- a soulful or amorous idealist
- romantic
- an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism
- romanticist
- someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality
- Romeo
- an ardent male lover
- romper
- a person who romps or frolics
- Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
- English chemist (1897-1978)
- Ronald Wilson Reagan
- 40th President of the United States (1911-2004)
- roofer
- a craftsman who lays or repairs roofs
- room clerk
- a hotel clerk who is responsible for room assignments to guests
- roomie
- an associate who shares a room with you
- ropedancer
- an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground
- ropemaker
- a craftsman who makes ropes
- roper
- a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses
- roper
- a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)
- Rosa Melba Ponselle
- United States soprano (1897-1981)
- Rosa Parks
- United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)
- Rose Louise Hovick
- United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)
- rosebud
- (a literary reference to) a pretty young girl
- Rosicrucian
- a member of a secret 17th-century society of philosophers and scholars versed in mystical and metaphysical and alchemical lore
- Rosicrucian
- a member of any of various organizations that subsequently derived from the 17th-century society
- Rotarian
- a member of a Rotary Club
- Rothschild
- any of family of powerful Jewish bankers in Europe
- Rough Rider
- a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898)
- roughrider
- a horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle
- Roundhead
- a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War
- roundhead
- a brachycephalic person
- roundsman
- a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)
- router
- a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery
- rover
- an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement
- Roy Chapman Andrews
- United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960)
- Roy Lichtenstein
- United States painter who was a leading exponent of pop art (1923-1997)
- Roy Orbison
- United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988)
- Roy Wilkins
- United States civil rights leader (1901-1981)
- Royalist
- a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
- rubberneck
- a person who stares inquisitively
- Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel
- German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)
- Rudolf Karl Bultmann
- a Lutheran theologian in Germany (1884-1976)
- Rudolf Karl Virchow
- German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902)
- Rudolf Ludwig Mossbauer
- German physicist (born in 1929)
- Rudolf Nureyev
- Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938)
- Rudolf Serkin
- United States concert pianist (born in Czechoslovakia) (1903-1991)
- Rudolf Steiner
- Austrian philosopher who founded anthroposophy (1861-1925)
- Rudolf Wurlitzer
- United States businessman (born in Germany) who founded a company to make pipe organs (1831-1914)
- Rudolph Laban
- Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958)
- rug merchant
- a merchant who sells rugs
- ruler
- a person who rules or commands
- Rumanian
- a native or inhabitant of Romania
- rumrunner
- someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border
- runner
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- runner
- someone who travels on foot by running
- runner
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
- runner-up
- the competitor who finishes second
- running back
- (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage
- running mate
- a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices
- Rupert Brooke
- English lyric poet (1887-1915)
- ruralist
- an advocate of rural living
- rusher
- a person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously
- rusher
- someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory
- rusher
- (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball
- Russel Crouse
- United States playwright (1893-1966)
- Russian
- a native or inhabitant of Russia
- rustic
- an unsophisticated country person
- Ruth
- the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
- Ruth Benedict
- United States anthropologist (1887-1948)
- Ruth Saint Denis
- United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968)
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes
- 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893)
- Rwandan
- a native or inhabitant of Rwanda
- Ryukyuan
- a member of the Japanese people living on the Ryukyu Islands southwest of Japan
- Sabahan
- a Malaysian from Sabah
- Sabbatarian
- one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)
- Sabine
- a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC
- sabra
- a native-born Israeli
- Sacajawea
- the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way
- sachem
- a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall)
- sachem
- a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
- sacred cow
- a person unreasonably held to be immune to criticism
- sacrificer
- a religious person who offers up a sacrifice
- sacristan
- an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
- Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti
- Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937)
- saddhu
- (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man
- saddler
- a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses
- Sadducee
- a member of an ancient Jewish sect around the time of Jesus; opposed to the Pharisees
- sadist
- someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others
- sadomasochist
- someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism
- sage
- a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
- Sagittarius
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius
- sahib
- formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name
- sailmaker
- a maker of sails
- Sailor King
- King of England and Ireland; son of George III who ascended the throne after a long naval career (1765-1837)
- Saint Ambrose
- (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)
- Saint Andrew the Apostle
- (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland
- Saint Anselm
- an Italian who was a Benedictine monk; was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109; one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God
- Saint Benedict
- Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
- Saint Bridget
- Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
- Saint Bruno
- (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101)
- Saint Christopher
- Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century)
- Saint Crispin
- patron saint of shoemakers; he and his brother were martyred for trying to spread Christianity (3rd century)
- Saint Cyril
- Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869)
- Saint David
- patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
- Saint Edward the Confessor
- son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066)
- 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)
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton
- United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821)
- Saint Francis Xavier
- Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552)
- Saint George
- Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
- Saint Ignatius
- bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110)
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola
- Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556)
- Saint Irenaeus
- Greek theologian who was bishop of Lyons and an antiheretical writer; a saint and Doctor of the Church (circa 130-200)
- Saint James the Apostle
- (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament
- Saint John the Apostle
- (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
- Saint Jude
- (New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless
- Saint Lawrence
- Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
- Saint Louis
- king of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270)
- Saint Luke
- (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel
- Saint Mark
- Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel
- Saint Matthew the Apostle
- (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel
- Saint Nicholas
- a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)
- Saint Olaf
- King and patron saint of Norway (995-1030)
- Saint Patrick
- Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century
- Saint Peter the Apostle
- disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
- Saint Polycarp
- Greek bishop of Smyrna who refused to recant his Christian faith and was burned to death by pagans (circa 69-155)
- Saint Thomas a Becket
- (Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170)
- Saint Thomas Aquinas
- (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274)
- Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub
- sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193)
- sales rep
- a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
- salesgirl
- a woman salesperson
- salesman
- a man salesperson
- Salian Frank
- a member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century AD
- Salish
- a member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North America
- Salmon Portland Chase
- United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)
- Salome
- woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist
- saloon keeper
- the proprietor of a saloon
- salt merchant
- someone who makes or deals in salt
- salter
- someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods
- salutatorian
- a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises
- Salvador Dali
- surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989)
- Salvadorean
- a native or inhabitant of El Salvador
- salvager
- someone who salvages
- Sam Shepard
- United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
- Samaritan
- a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times
- Samnite
- an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans
- Samoan
- a native or inhabitant of the Samoan Islands
- Samoyed
- a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia
- sampler
- someone who samples food or drink for its quality
- Samson
- (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah
- Samson
- a large and strong and heavyset man
- Samuel
- (Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king
- Samuel Adams
- American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)
- Samuel Barber
- United States composer (1910-1981)
- Samuel Beckett
- a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989)
- Samuel Butler
- English poet (1612-1680)
- Samuel Butler
- English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902)
- Samuel Dashiell Hammett
- United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961)
- Samuel de Champlain
- French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635)
- Samuel Finley Breese Morse
- United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872)
- Samuel Goldwyn
- United States film maker (born in Poland) who founded his own film company and later merged with Louis B. Mayer (1882-1974)
- Samuel Gompers
- United States labor leader (born in England) who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1924 (1850-1924)
- Samuel Houston
- United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)
- Samuel Huntington
- American revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence and was president of the Continental Congress (1731-1796)
- Samuel Jackson Snead
- United States golfer known for the graceful arc of his swing (1912-2002)
- Samuel Johnson
- English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens
- United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
- Samuel Pepys
- English diarist whose diary contained detailed descriptions of 17th century disasters in England (1633-1703)
- Samuel Pierpoint Langley
- United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906)
- Samuel Rawson Gardiner
- British historian remembered for his ten-volume history of England (1829-1902)
- Samuel Rosenstock
- French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the dada movement (1896-1963)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- English romantic poet (1772-1834)
- Samuel Wiesenthal
- Austrian investigator of Nazi war crimes (born in 1908)
- Samuel Wilder
- United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002)
- samurai
- a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy
- San Marinese
- a native or inhabitant of San Marino
- sandbagger
- someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you
- sandboy
- a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in `happy as a sandboy'
- sandwichman
- a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders
- sangoma
- a traditional Zulu healer and respected elder
- sannup
- a married male American Indian
- sannyasi
- a Hindu religious mendicant
- Santiago Ramon y Cajal
- Spanish histologist noted for his work on the structure of the nervous system (1852-1934)
- sapper
- a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications)
- Sappho
- the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC)
- Sara Teasdale
- United States poet (1884-1933)
- Saracen
- (historically) a Muslim who opposed the Crusades
- Saracen
- (historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire
- Saracen
- (when used broadly) any Arab
- Sarah
- (Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
- Sarah Kemble Siddons
- English actress noted for her performances in Shakespearean roles (1755-1831)
- Sarah Vaughan
- United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990)
- Sarawakian
- a native or inhabitant of Sarawak
- Sardinian
- a native or inhabitant of Sardinia
- sartor
- a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
- Sassenach
- the Scots' term for an English person
- Satanist
- an adherent of Satan or Satanism
- satrap
- a governor of a province in ancient Persia
- Satyendra Nath Bose
- Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles; led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons
- Saudi Arabian
- a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia
- Sauk
- a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay
- Saul
- (Old Testament) the first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines)
- Saul Steinberg
- United States cartoonist (born in Romania) noted for his caricatures of famous people (1914-1999)
- Savara
- a member of the Dravidian people living in southern India
- saver
- someone who saves (especially money)
- Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac
- a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655)
- Savoyard
- a person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan
- Savoyard
- a resident of Savoy
- sawyer
- one who is employed to saw wood
- saxist
- a musician who plays the saxophone
- Saxo Grammaticus
- Danish historian who chronicled the history of Denmark (including the legend of Hamlet) (1150?-1220?)
- Saxon
- a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
- scalawag
- a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
- scalper
- someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost
- scandalmonger
- a person who spreads malicious gossip
- Scandinavian
- an inhabitant of Scandinavia
- scanner
- someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables
- scapegoat
- someone who is punished for the errors of others
- scaremonger
- a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
- scattergood
- someone who spends money prodigally
- scenarist
- a writer of screenplays
- scene painter
- a painter of theatrical scenery
- scene painter
- an artist specializing in scenic subjects
- scene-stealer
- an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene
- sceneshifter
- a stagehand responsible for moving scenery
- schizophrenic
- someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia
- schlemiel
- (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
- schlep
- (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person
- schlimazel
- (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything
- schlockmeister
- (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise
- schmo
- (Yiddish) a jerk
- schnook
- (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised
- schnorrer
- (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others
- scholar
- a student who holds a scholarship
- Scholastic
- a Scholastic philosopher or theologian
- scholiast
- a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)
- school superintendent
- the superintendent of a school system
- school teacher
- a teacher in a school below the college level
- schoolboy
- a boy attending school
- schoolfriend
- a friend who attends the same school
- schoolgirl
- a girl attending school
- schoolmaster
- any person (or institution) who acts as an educator
- science teacher
- someone who teaches science
- scientist
- a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
- scion
- a descendent or heir
- scofflaw
- one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses
- scorekeeper
- an official who records the score during the progress of a game
- scorer
- a logger who marks trees to be felled
- scorer
- a player who makes a score in a game or contest
- scorner
- a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression
- Scorpion
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio
- Scotchman
- a native or inhabitant of Scotland
- Scotchwoman
- a woman who is a Scot
- Scott Joplin
- United States composer who was the first creator of ragtime to write down his compositions (1868-1917)
- Scottish Highlander
- a native of the Highlands of Scotland
- Scottish Lowlander
- a native of the Lowlands of Scotland
- scoundrel
- a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
- scourer
- someone who travels widely and energetically
- scourer
- someone who cleanses by scouring
- Scourge of the Gods
- king of the Huns; the most successful barbarian invader of the Roman Empire (406-453)
- scourge
- a person who inspires fear or dread
- Scout
- a Boy Scout or Girl Scout
- scout
- someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
- scoutmaster
- the leader of a troop of Scouts
- SCPO
- a senior noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army
- scrag
- a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
- scrambler
- a rapid mover; someone who scrambles
- scratch
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- scratcher
- a person who scratches to relieve an itch
- scratcher
- a workman who uses a tool for scratching
- scrawler
- a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read
- screener
- a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint
- screwballer
- (baseball) a pitcher who throws screwballs
- scrimshanker
- a shirker
- scriptwriter
- someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
- scrub nurse
- a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery
- scrubber
- a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck)
- scrutiniser
- a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care
- scuba diver
- an underwater diver who uses scuba gear
- sculler
- someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward)
- scullion
- a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)
- sculptress
- a woman sculptor
- Scythian
- a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia
- sea king
- a Viking pirate chief
- sea lawyer
- an argumentative and contentious seaman
- Sea Scout
- a Boy Scout enrolled in programs for water activities
- sealer
- an official who affixes a seal to a document
- Sean O'Casey
- Irish playwright (1880-1964)
- searcher
- a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
- seasonal
- a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons
- seasoner
- a cook who uses seasonings
- Sebastian Cabot
- son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)
- Sebastian Vizcaino
- Spanish explorer who was the first European to explore the California coast (1550-1615)
- secessionist
- an advocate of secessionism
- second
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- Second Adventist
- a member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ
- second banana
- someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role
- second banana
- a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian
- second baseman
- (baseball) the person who plays second base
- second cousin
- a child of a first cousin of one's parent
- Second Earl Grey
- Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
- Second Earl of Chatham
- English statesman and son of Pitt the Elder (1759-1806)
- Second Earl of Guilford
- British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
- second hand
- an intermediate person; used in the phrase `at second hand'
- Second Marquis of Rockingham
- English statesman who served as prime minister and who opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782)
- second-in-command
- someone who relieves a commander
- seconder
- someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote
- secretarial assistant
- an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
- secretary
- a person who is head of an administrative department of government
- Secretary General
- a person who is a chief administrator (as of the United Nations)
- Secretary of Agriculture
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Agriculture
- Secretary of Commerce
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Commerce
- Secretary of Defense
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Defense Department
- Secretary of Education
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education
- Secretary of Energy
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Energy
- Secretary of Health and Human Services
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Health and Human Services
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Secretary of Labor
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Labor
- Secretary of State
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of State
- Secretary of State for the Home Department
- the British cabinet minister who is head of the Home Office
- Secretary of the Interior
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior Department
- Secretary of the Treasury
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Treasury Department
- Secretary of Transportation
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Transportation
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Veterans Affairs
- sectarian
- a member of a sect
- Section Eight
- a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service
- section hand
- a laborer assigned to a section gang
- section man
- someone who teaches a section of a large college course
- secularist
- an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education
- security consultant
- an adviser about alarm systems to prevent burglaries
- security director
- head of a private security force working for a business or industry
- security guard
- a guard who keeps watch
- seducer
- a bad person who entices others into error or wrongdoing
- seductress
- a woman who seduces
- seed
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- seedman
- a dealer in seeds
- seer
- an observer who perceives visually
- segregate
- someone who is or has been segregated
- segregationist
- someone who believes the racial groups should be kept apart
- Seiji Ozawa
- United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935)
- seismologist
- a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth
- seizer
- a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship
- selectman
- an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns
- selectwoman
- an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns
- Seleucus I Nicator
- Macedonian general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia; founded a line of kings who reigned in Asia Minor until 65 BC (358-281 BC)
- self
- a person considered as a unique individual
- self-starter
- an energetic person with unusual initiative
- selfish person
- a person who is unusually selfish
- selling agent
- someone who sells goods (on commission) for others
- sellout
- someone who has sold out
- semanticist
- a specialist in the study of meaning
- semifinalist
- one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination
- seminarian
- a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary)
- Seminole
- a member of the Muskhogean people who moved into Florida in the 18th century
- semipro
- an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis
- Semite
- a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa
- senator
- a member of a senate
- sendee
- the intended recipient of a message
- sender
- someone who transmits a message
- Seneca
- a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario
- Senegalese
- a native or inhabitant of Senegal
- Senhor
- a Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English `Mr'
- senior
- an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
- senior vice president
- the ranking vice president in a firm that has more than one
- Sennacherib
- king of Assyria who invaded Judea twice and defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by Babylonians (died in 681 BC)
- sensualist
- a person who enjoys sensuality
- separationist
- an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)
- Sephardic Jew
- a Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent
- septuagenarian
- someone whose age is in the seventies
- Serbian
- a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
- sergeant
- any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
- sergeant at arms
- an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands
- sergeant
- an English barrister of the highest rank
- Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky
- United States conductor (born in Russia) who was noted for performing the works of contemporary composers (1874-1951)
- Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein
- Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures (1898-1948)
- Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev
- Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
- Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev
- Russian composer of ballets and symphonies and operas (1891-1953)
- Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff
- composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943)
- serial killer
- someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval
- sericulturist
- a producer of raw silk
- serologist
- a medical scientist who specializes in serology
- servant girl
- a girl who is a servant
- server
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- server
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
- servitor
- someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else
- Seth
- (Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel
- Seth Thomas
- United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
- settler
- a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings
- settler
- a negotiator who settles disputes
- settlor
- (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee
- Severo Ochoa
- United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (1905-1993)
- sewer
- someone who sews
- sewing-machine operator
- someone who sews by operating a sewing machine
- sex bomb
- a young woman who is thought to have sex appeal
- sex object
- any person regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification
- sex offender
- someone who has been convicted of a sex crime
- sex symbol
- a person (especially a celebrity) who is well-known for their sexual attractiveness
- sexagenarian
- someone whose age is in the sixties
- Seychellois
- a native or inhabitant of Seychelles
- SGA infant
- an infant whose size and weight are considerably less than the average for babies of the same age
- shadow
- an inseparable companion
- shadow
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- Shah Jahan
- Mogul emperor of India during whose reign the finest monuments of Mogul architecture were built (including the Taj Mahal at Agra) (1592-1666)
- Shah of Iran
- title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
- Shahaptian
- a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho
- shaheed
- Arabic term for holy martyrs
- Shaker
- a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal living and common possession of property and separation from the world
- Shakespearian
- a Shakespearean scholar
- Shaktist
- worshipper of Shakti
- Shalom Asch
- United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957)
- shareholder
- someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation
- shark
- a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways
- shark
- a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
- sharpshooter
- an athlete noted for accurate aim
- Shasta
- a member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon
- shaver
- an adult male who shaves
- Shavian
- an admirer of G. B. Shaw or his works
- Shawnee
- a member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee river
- she-devil
- a cruel woman
- shearer
- a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
- shearer
- a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
- shedder
- an attacker who sheds or spills blood
- sheep
- a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
- sheep
- a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon
- sheepherder
- a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
- sheepman
- a man who raises (or tends) sheep
- shegetz
- an offensive term for non-Jewish young man
- sheika
- the wife of a sheik
- Shelby Silverstein
- United States poet and cartoonist remembered for his stories and poems for children (1932-1999)
- sheller
- a worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters)
- Shelton Jackson Lee
- United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
- shelver
- a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves
- Shem
- (Old Testament) eldest son of Noah
- shepherd
- a clergyman who watches over a group of people
- shepherdess
- a woman shepherd
- sheriff
- the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
- Sherpa
- a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers
- Sherwood Anderson
- United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)
- Shi'ite Muslim
- a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
- shiksa
- a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women
- shill
- a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others
- shingler
- a worker who shingles roofs
- Shintoist
- a believer in Shintoism
- ship broker
- an agent for the ship owner; obtains cargo and may arrange for its loading or discharge
- ship builder
- a person who builds ships as a business
- ship builder
- a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
- ship chandler
- a dealer in equipment and supplies for ships
- ship's chandler
- a dealer in sails and ropes and other supplies for sailing ships
- ship-breaker
- a contractor who buys old ships and breaks them up for scrap
- shipmate
- an associate on the same ship with you
- shipowner
- someone who owns a ship or a share in a ship
- shipper
- someone who ships goods
- shipping agent
- the agent of a shipowner
- shipping clerk
- an employee who ships and receives goods
- shirker
- a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
- Shirley Temple Black
- popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
- shirtmaker
- a maker of shirts
- Shivaist
- worshipper of Shiva
- shocker
- a shockingly bad person
- shogun
- a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
- Shona
- a member of a Bantu tribe living in present-day Zimbabwe
- shoofly
- an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen
- shooter
- (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket)
- shooter
- a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
- shop boy
- a young male shop assistant
- shop girl
- a young female shop assistant
- shop steward
- a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management
- shopaholic
- a compulsive shopper
- shopper
- someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy
- shopper
- a commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs her
- shortstop
- (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
- Shoshoni
- a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States
- shot putter
- an athlete who competes in the shot put
- shoveler
- a worker who shovels
- showman
- a person skilled at making effective presentations
- shrew
- a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
- shrinking violet
- someone who shrinks from familiarity with others
- Shudra
- a member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste
- shuffler
- someone who walks without raising the feet
- shuffler
- the card player who shuffles the cards
- shutterbug
- a photography enthusiast
- Siamese
- a native or inhabitant of Thailand
- Siamese twin
- one of a pair of identical twins born with their bodies joined at some point
- sib
- a person's brother or sister
- Siberian
- a native or inhabitant of Siberia
- sibyl
- (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet
- sibyl
- a woman who tells fortunes
- Sicilian
- a resident of Sicily
- side judge
- a football official
- sidesman
- (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church
- Sidney Caesar
- United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922)
- Sidney Poitier
- United States film actor and director (born in 1927)
- Sidonie-Gabrielle Claudine Colette
- French writer of novels about women (1873-1954)
- Sierra Leonean
- a native or inhabitant of Sierra Leone
- sightreader
- a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music)
- Sigmund Freud
- Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939)
- Sigmund Romberg
- United States composer (born in Hungary) who composed operettas (1887-1951)
- sign painter
- someone who paints signs and billboards etc.
- signaler
- someone who communicates by signals
- signalman
- a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard
- signatory
- someone who signs and is bound by a document
- signer
- someone who can use sign language to communicate
- signior
- used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately
- signora
- an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name
- signore
- an Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English `sir'; used separately (not prefixed to his name)
- signorina
- an Italian courtesy title for an unmarried woman; equivalent to `Miss', it is either used alone or before a name
- Sigrid Undset
- Norwegian novelist (1882-1949)
- Sihasapa
- a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux
- Sikh
- an adherent of Sikhism
- silent partner
- a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge
- silly
- a word used for misbehaving children
- silversmith
- someone who makes or repairs articles of silver
- Simeon
- (Old Testament) the 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel
- Simon Kuznets
- United States economist (born in Russia) who developed a method for using a country's gross national product to estimate its economic growth (1901-1985)
- Simon Legree
- a cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees
- Simon Newcomb
- United States astronomer (1835-1909)
- Simon the Canaanite
- one of the twelve Apostles (first century)
- Simone de Beauvoir
- French feminist and existentialist and novelist (1908-1986)
- Simone Weil
- French philosopher (1909-1943)
- simperer
- a smiler whose smile is silly and self-conscious and sometimes coy
- simple
- a person lacking intelligence or common sense
- Sindhi
- a native or inhabitant of Sind
- Singaporean
- an inhabitant of Singapore
- singer
- a person who sings
- Singhalese
- a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka
- Sinologist
- a student of Chinese history and language and culture
- Siouan
- a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
- sipper
- a drinker who sips
- sir
- term of address for a man
- Sir
- a title used before the name of knight or baronet
- Sir Alec Guinness
- English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000)
- Sir Alexander Fleming
- Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955)
- Sir Alexander Korda
- British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956)
- Sir Alexander Mackenzie
- Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820)
- Sir Alexander Robertus Todd
- Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)
- Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell
- English astronomer who pioneered radio astronomy (born in 1913)
- Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins
- Welsh film actor (born in 1937)
- Sir Anthony Vandyke
- Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- British author who created Sherlock Holmes (1859-1930)
- Sir Arthur John Evans
- British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941)
- Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington
- English astronomer remembered for his popular elucidation of relativity theory (1882-1944)
- Sir Arthur Travers Harris
- British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984)
- Sir Charles Leonard Woolley
- English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960)
- Sir Charles Scott Sherrington
- English physiologist who conducted research on reflex action (1857-1952)
- Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin
- English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977)
- Sir Charles Wheatstone
- English physicist and inventor who devised the Wheatstone bridge (1802-1875)
- Sir Charles William Siemens
- engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)
- Sir Christopher Wren
- English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723)
- Sir Clive Marles Sinclair
- English electrical engineer who founded a company that introduced many innovative products (born in 1940)
- Sir David Alexander Cecil Low
- British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
- Sir David Bruce
- Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
- Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
- New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)
- Sir Edward Victor Appleton
- English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966)
- Sir Edward William Elgar
- British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934)
- Sir Edwin Landseer Luytens
- English architect who planned the city of New Delhi (1869-1944)
- Sir Ernst Boris Chain
- British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
- Sir Francis Drake
- English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
- Sir Francis Galton
- English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, and anthropology; founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911)
- Sir Frank Whittle
- English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
- Sir Fred Hoyle
- an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001)
- Sir Frederick Ashton
- British choreographer (1906-1988)
- Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
- English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)
- Sir Frederick Grant Banting
- Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)
- Sir Frederick Handley Page
- English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)
- Sir Frederick William Herschel
- English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)
- Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson
- English chemist honored for his research on pollutants in car exhausts (born in 1921)
- Sir George Otto Trevelyan
- English historian who wrote a history of the American revolution and a biography of his uncle Lord Macaulay (1838-1928)
- Sir George Paget Thomson
- English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975)
- Sir Geraint
- (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table
- Sir Hans Adolf Krebs
- English biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981)
- Sir Harold George Nicolson
- English diplomat and author (1886-1968)
- Sir Harold Walter Kroto
- British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939)
- Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder
- Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950)
- Sir Henry Bessemer
- British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)
- Sir Henry Joseph Wood
- English conductor (1869-1944)
- Sir Henry Maxmilian Beerbohm
- English writer and caricaturist (1872-1956)
- Sir Henry Morgan
- a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688)
- Sir Henry Morton Stanley
- Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)
- Sir Henry Percy
- English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)
- Sir Henry Rider Haggard
- British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
- Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
- English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)
- Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
- English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
- Sir Howard Walter Florey
- British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
- Sir Humphrey Davy
- English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
- Sir Humphrey Gilbert
- English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
- Sir Isaac Newton
- English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)
- Sir Isaac Pitman
- English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897)
- Sir Jacob Epstein
- British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959)
- Sir James Augustus Henry Murray
- Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)
- Sir James Clark Ross
- British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
- Sir James Dewar
- Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923)
- Sir James George Frazer
- English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941)
- Sir James Matthew Barrie
- Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937)
- Sir James Paget
- English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899)
- Sir James Paul McCartney
- English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942)
- Sir James Young Simpson
- Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870)
- Sir John Carew Eccles
- Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997)
- Sir John Cowdery Kendrew
- English biologist noted for studies of the molecular structure of blood components (born in 1917)
- Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
- British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)
- Sir John Everett Millais
- Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896)
- Sir John Frederick William Herschel
- English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871)
- Sir John Hawkins
- English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)
- Sir John Ross
- Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
- Sir John Suckling
- English poet and courtier (1609-1642)
- Sir John Tenniel
- English cartoonist (1820-1914)
- Sir John Vanbrigh
- English architect (1664-1726)
- Sir Joseph Banks
- English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)
- Sir Joseph John Thomson
- English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940)
- Sir Joseph Paxton
- English architect (1801-1865)
- Sir Joshua Reynolds
- English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792)
- Sir Karl Raimund Popper
- British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994)
- Sir Leonard Hutton
- English cricketer (1916-1990)
- Sir Leslie Stephen
- English writer (1832-1904)
- Sir Martin Frobisher
- English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)
- Sir Matthew Flinders
- British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814)
- Sir Noel Pierce Coward
- English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)
- Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge
- English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)
- Sir Patrick Manson
- Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)
- Sir Paul Gavrilovich Vinogradoff
- British historian (born in Russia) (1854-1925)
- Sir Peter Brian Medawar
- British immunologist (born in Brazil) who studied tissue transplants and discovered that the rejection of grafts was an immune response (1915-1987)
- Sir Peter Paul Rubens
- prolific Flemish baroque painter; knighted by the English king Charles I (1577-1640)
- Sir Philip Sidney
- English poet (1554-1586)
- Sir Rabindranath Tagore
- Indian writer and philosopher whose poetry (based on traditional Hindu themes) pioneered the use of colloquial Bengali (1861-1941)
- Sir Ralph David Richardson
- British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983)
- Sir Richard Francis Burton
- English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
- Sir Richard Owen
- English comparative anatomist and paleontologist who was an opponent of Darwinism (1804-1892)
- Sir Richrd Steele
- English writer (1672-1729)
- Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler
- Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)
- Sir Robert Peel
- British politician (1788-1850)
- Sir Robert Robinson
- English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975)
- Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister
- English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)
- Sir Ronald Ross
- British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
- Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Indian philosopher and statesman who introduced Indian philosophy to the West (1888-1975)
- Sir Seretse Khama
- Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980)
- Sir Stephen Harold Spender
- English poet and critic (1909-1995)
- Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan
- British playwright (1911-1977)
- Sir Thomas Gresham
- English financier (1519-1579)
- Sir Thomas Lawrence
- English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)
- Sir Thomas Malory
- English writer who published a translation of romances about King Arthur taken from French and other sources (died in 1471)
- Sir Thomas More
- English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state
- Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
- British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826)
- Sir Thomas Wyatt
- English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542)
- Sir Walter Norman Haworth
- English biochemist who was a pioneer in research on carbohydrates; when he synthesized vitamin C he became the first person to synthesize a vitamin artificially (1883-1950)
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)
- Sir Walter Scott
- British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)
- Sir William Alexander Craigie
- English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966)
- Sir William Chambers
- English architect (1723-1796)
- Sir William Crookes
- English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)
- Sir William Gerald Golding
- English novelist (1911-1993)
- Sir William Huggins
- English astronomer who pioneered spectroscopic analysis in astronomy and who discovered the red shift (1824-1910)
- Sir William Rowan Hamilton
- Irish mathematician (1806-1865)
- Sir William Turner Walton
- English composer (1902-1983)
- Sir William Wallace
- Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)
- Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill
- British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965)
- Sir Yehudi Menuhin
- British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999)
- Siraj-ud-daula
- Indian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England; he captured Calcutta in 1756 and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta; he was defeated at the battle of Plassey by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive (1728-1757)
- sirdar
- an important person in India
- sire
- a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
- sirrah
- formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger
- sis
- a female person who has the same parents as another person
- sister
- a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group
- Sister
- (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address)
- sister-in-law
- the sister of your spouse
- sitar player
- a musician who plays the sitar
- Sitting Bull
- a chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890)
- six-footer
- a person who is at least six feet tall
- Sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale
- English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)
- sixth-former
- a student in the sixth form
- Skagit
- a member of the Salish people in northwestern Washington
- skateboarder
- someone who skates on a skateboard
- skater
- someone who skates
- sketcher
- someone who draws sketches
- ski jumper
- a skier who leaps through the air (especially on a ski jump)
- skidder
- a worker who uses a skid to move logs
- skidder
- a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
- skier
- someone who skis
- skilled worker
- a worker who has acquired special skills
- skimmer
- a rapid superficial reader
- skin
- a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent
- skinner
- a person who prepares or deals in animal skins
- Skinnerian
- a follower of the theories or methods of B. F. Skinner
- skinny-dipper
- a naked swimmer
- skipper
- a student who fails to attend classes
- skirmisher
- someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party)
- skivvy
- a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
- skycap
- a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at an airport
- skydiver
- a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord
- slammer
- a person who closes things violently
- slapper
- a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand
- slasher
- someone who slashes another person
- slattern
- a dirty untidy woman
- Slav
- any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language
- slave
- a person who is owned by someone
- slave
- someone entirely dominated by some influence or person
- slave dealer
- a person engaged in slave trade
- slave driver
- a supervisor of slaves at work
- slave owner
- someone who holds slaves
- sledder
- someone who rides a sled
- sleeper
- an unexpected achiever of success
- sleeper
- a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
- sleeper
- a rester who is sleeping
- Sleeping Beauty
- fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss
- sleeping beauty
- a person who is sleeping soundly
- sleepyhead
- a sleepy person
- sleuth
- a detective who follows a trail
- slicer
- a golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers)
- slicker
- a person with good manners and stylish clothing
- slinger
- a person who uses a sling to throw something
- slip
- a young and slender person
- sloganeer
- someone who coins and uses slogans to promote a cause
- slogger
- a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches
- slopseller
- a dealer in cheap ready-made clothing
- slouch
- an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions
- sloucher
- a person who slouches; someone with a drooping carriage
- Slovak
- a native or inhabitant of Slovakia
- Slovene
- a native of Slovenia
- Slovenian
- a native or inhabitant of Slovenia
- slug
- an idle slothful person
- small businessman
- a businessman who runs a business employing less than 100 people
- small farmer
- a farmer on a small farm
- small person
- a person of below average size
- smallholder
- a person owning or renting a smallholding
- smart aleck
- an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
- smarta
- one of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism
- smasher
- a person who smashes something
- smiler
- a person who smiles
- smirker
- a smiler whose smile is offensively self-satisfied
- smith
- someone who works at something specified
- smoker
- a person who smokes tobacco
- smotherer
- a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses
- SMSgt
- a senior noncommissioned officer in the Air Force with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army
- snake charmer
- a performer who uses movements and music to control snakes
- snake
- a deceitful or treacherous person
- snarer
- someone who sets snares for birds or small animals
- snatcher
- a thief who grabs and runs
- sneak
- a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
- sneezer
- a person who sneezes
- sniffer
- a person who sniffs
- sniffler
- a person who breathes audibly through a congested nose
- sniper
- a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place
- snoop
- a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others
- snorer
- someone who snores while sleeping
- snorter
- someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound
- snowboarder
- someone who slides down snow-covered slopes while standing on a snowboard
- snuff user
- a person who uses snuff
- snuffer
- a person who snuffs out candles
- snuffler
- a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus)
- SOB
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- sob sister
- a journalist who specializes in sentimental stories
- sobersides
- a serious and sedate individual
- soccer player
- an athlete who plays soccer
- social drinker
- someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities
- social scientist
- someone expert in the study of human society and its personal relationships
- social secretary
- a personal secretary who handles your social correspondence and appointments
- socialiser
- a person who takes part in social activities
- socialist
- a political advocate of socialism
- socialite
- a socially prominent person
- Socinian
- an adherent of the teachings of Socinus; a Christian who rejects the divinity of Christ and the Trinity and original sin; influenced the development of Unitarian theology
- sociobiologist
- a biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior
- sociolinguist
- a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication
- sociologist
- a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society
- Socrates
- ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC)
- soda jerk
- someone who works at a soda fountain
- sodalist
- a member of a sodality
- Sofia Scicolone
- Italian film actress (born in 1934)
- softie
- a person who is weak and excessively sentimental
- sojourner
- a temporary resident
- 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)
- solderer
- a worker who joins or mends with solder
- soldier
- an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
- solicitor
- a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
- solicitor general
- a law officer appointed to assist an attorney general
- soloist
- a musician who performs a solo
- Solomon
- (Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC)
- Solomon Bellow
- United States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005)
- Solomon Guggenheim
- United States philanthropist; son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundations to support the arts (1861-1949)
- Solomon Hurok
- United States impresario who was born in Russia (1888-1974)
- Somalian
- a member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting Somalia
- sommelier
- a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant
- somniloquist
- someone who talks while asleep
- son-in-law
- the husband of your daughter
- songster
- a person who sings
- songstress
- a woman songster (especially of popular songs)
- sonneteer
- a poet who writes sonnets
- soph
- a second-year undergraduate
- Sophie Tucker
- United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966)
- Sophist
- any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects
- Sophocles
- one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)
- soprano
- a female singer
- Sorbian
- a speaker of Sorbian
- sorceress
- a woman sorcerer
- sorehead
- someone who is peevish or disgruntled
- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
- Danish philosopher who is generally considered. along with Nietzsche, to be a founder of existentialism (1813-1855)
- Soren Peter Lauritz Sorensen
- Danish chemist who devised the pH scale (1868-1939)
- sort
- a person of a particular character or nature
- sorter
- a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office)
- Sotho
- a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages
- soubrette
- a pert or flirtatious young girl
- soul brother
- a fellow Black man
- soul mate
- someone for whom you have a deep affinity
- sounding board
- a person whose reactions to something serve as an indication of its acceptability
- soundman
- a technician in charge of amplifying sound or producing sound effects (as for a TV or radio broadcast)
- sourdough
- a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)
- South African
- a native or inhabitant of South Africa
- South American
- a native or inhabitant of South America
- South American Indian
- a member of a native Indian group in South America
- South Carolinian
- a native or resident of South Carolina
- South Dakotan
- a native or resident of South Dakota
- South Korean
- a Korean from South Korea
- Southern Baptist
- a member of the Southern Baptist Convention
- Southerner
- an American who lives in the South
- sower
- someone who sows
- space cadet
- someone who seems unable to respond appropriately to reality (as if under the influence of some narcotic drug)
- space writer
- a writer paid by the area of the copy
- spacewalker
- an astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer space
- spammer
- someone who sends unwanted email (often in bulk)
- Spaniard
- a native or inhabitant of Spain
- sparer
- someone who refrains from injuring or destroying
- sparring mate
- a boxer who spars with another boxer who is training for an important fight
- Spartan
- a resident of Sparta
- spastic
- a person suffering from spastic paralysis
- Speaker
- the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly
- speaker
- someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
- spearhead
- someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
- special agent
- someone whose authority is limited to the special undertaking they have been instructed to perform
- specialiser
- an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
- specifier
- someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent)
- speculator
- someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
- speech therapist
- a therapist who treats speech defects and disorders
- speechwriter
- a writer who composes speeches for others to deliver
- speed demon
- a driver who exceeds the safe speed limit
- speed skater
- an ice-skater who races competitively; usually around an oval course
- spellbinder
- an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound
- Spencer Tracy
- United States film actor who appeared in many films with Katharine Hepburn (1900-1967)
- spewer
- a person who vomits
- sphinx
- an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
- spic
- (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent
- spin doctor
- a public relations person who tries to forestall negative publicity by publicizing a favorable interpretation of the words or actions of a company or political party or famous person
- spindlelegs
- a thin person with long thin legs
- spinner
- someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
- spirit
- the vital principle or animating force within living things
- spirit rapper
- someone who claims to receive messages from the dead in the form of raps on a table
- spiritual leader
- a leader in religious or sacred affairs
- spitfire
- a highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman)
- spiv
- a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time
- splicer
- a worker who splices ropes together by interweaving strands
- splicer
- a woodworker who joins pieces of wood with a splice
- split end
- (football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemen
- splitter
- a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone
- spoiler
- a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
- spokesman
- a male spokesperson
- spokeswoman
- a female spokesperson
- sponger
- a workman employed to collect sponges
- sport
- a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances
- sport
- someone who engages in sports
- sport
- (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine
- sporting man
- someone who leads a merry existence; especially a gambler on the outcome of sporting events
- sports announcer
- an announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events
- sports editor
- the newspaper editor responsible for sports news
- sports writer
- a journalist who writes about sports
- spot welder
- a welder who does spot welding
- spotter
- a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers)
- spotter
- a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots
- sprawler
- a person who sprawls
- sprayer
- a worker who applies spray to a surface
- spree killer
- a serial killer whose murders occur within a brief period of time
- sprigger
- a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
- spring chicken
- a young person (especially a young man or boy)
- sprinter
- someone who runs a short distance at top speed
- sprog
- a child
- sprog
- a new military recruit
- spurner
- a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt
- spy
- a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people
- spy
- (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
- spymaster
- someone who directs clandestine intelligence activities
- squabbler
- someone who quarrels about a small matter
- square dancer
- someone who does square dancing
- square shooter
- a frank and honest person
- square
- a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
- squatter
- someone who settles on land without right or title
- squaw
- derogatory terms for an American Indian woman
- squaw man
- derogatory term for a white man married to a North American Indian woman
- squeeze
- (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend
- squinter
- a person with strabismus
- squire
- an English country landowner
- squire
- young nobleman attendant on a knight
- squirmer
- one who can't stay still (especially a child)
- Sri Lankan
- a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka
- St. Basil the Great
- (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
- St. Gregory of Nazianzen
- (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391)
- St. John Chrysostom
- (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople; a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407)
- St. John the Baptist
- (New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome
- St. Martin
- French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
- St. Mary Magdalene
- sinful woman Jesus healed of evil spirits; she became a follower of Jesus
- St. Vitus
- Christian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300)
- stabber
- someone who stabs another person
- stacker
- a laborer who builds up a stack or pile
- staff member
- an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States)
- staff officer
- a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff
- staff sergeant
- a noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the Army or Marines or above airman 1st class in the Air Force
- stage director
- someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a stage show
- stage manager
- someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed
- stage technician
- an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production
- stainer
- a worker who stains (wood or fabric)
- stakeholder
- someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner
- Stalinist
- a follower of Stalin and Stalinism
- stalker
- someone who stalks game
- stalker
- someone who walks with long stiff strides
- stalking-horse
- a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
- stammerer
- someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions
- stamp dealer
- a dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors)
- stamper
- a workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine)
- stamper
- someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground
- standard-bearer
- an outstanding leader of a political movement
- standardiser
- a person who sets a standard for things to conform to
- standby
- an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
- Stanford White
- United States architect (1853-1906)
- Stanley Frank Musial
- United States baseball player (born in 1920)
- Stanley Kubrick
- United States filmmaker (born in 1928)
- Stanley Smith Stevens
- United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973)
- starer
- a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility)
- starets
- a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church
- starlet
- a young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star
- starter
- a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning
- starting pitcher
- (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game
- starveling
- someone who is starving (or being starved)
- state attorney
- a prosecuting attorney for a state
- state senator
- a member of a state senate
- state treasurer
- the treasurer for a state government
- state trooper
- a state police officer
- stater
- a resident of a particular state or group of states
- stateswoman
- a woman statesman
- station agent
- the person in charge of a railway station
- stationer
- a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies
- steady
- a person loved by another person
- stealer
- a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
- steamfitter
- a craftsman who installs and maintains equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating
- steelmaker
- a worker engaged in making steel
- steeplejack
- someone who builds or maintains very tall structures
- Stefan Wyszynski
- Polish prelate who persuaded the Soviet to allow greater religious freedom in Poland (1901-1981)
- Stefan Zweig
- Austrian writer (1881-1942)
- stemmer
- a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers
- stentor
- a speaker with an unusually loud voice
- stepchild
- a child of your spouse by a former marriage
- stepdaughter
- a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage
- stepfather
- the husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage
- Stephane Grappelli
- French jazz violinist (1908-1997)
- Stephane Mallarme
- French symbolist poet noted for his free verse (1842-1898)
- Stephanie Graf
- German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969)
- Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
- Boer statesman (1825-1904)
- Stephen Arnold Douglas
- United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
- Stephen Butler Leacock
- Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944)
- Stephen Collins Foster
- United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
- Stephen Crane
- United States writer (1871-1900)
- Stephen Decatur
- United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820)
- Stephen Girard
- United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831)
- Stephen Grover Cleveland
- 22nd and 24th President of the United States (1837-1908)
- Stephen Jay Gould
- United States paleontologist and popularizer of science (1941-2002)
- Stephen Michael Reich
- United States composer (born in 1936)
- Stephen Samuel Wise
- United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
- Stephen Sondheim
- United States composer of musicals (born in 1930)
- Stephen Vincent Benet
- United States poet; brother of William Rose Benet (1898-1943)
- Stephen William Hawking
- English theoretical physicist (born in 1942)
- stepmother
- the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage
- stepparent
- the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage
- stepson
- the son your spouse by a former marriage
- Steve Martin
- United States actor and comedian (born in 1945)
- Steven Spielberg
- United States filmmaker (born in 1947)
- Steven Weinberg
- United States theoretical physicist (born in 1933)
- steward
- the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements
- steward
- someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else
- stickler
- someone who insists on something
- stiff
- an ordinary man
- stigmatic
- a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ)
- stillborn infant
- infant who shows no signs of life after birth
- stinter
- an economizer who stints someone with something
- stipendiary
- (United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases
- stippler
- a painter who stipples (creates a stippled effect)
- stitcher
- a garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps
- stock farmer
- farmer who breed or raises livestock
- stock trader
- someone who buys and sells stock shares
- stockbroker
- an agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds
- stockholder of record
- the stockholder whose name is registered on the books of the corporation as owning the shares at a particular time
- stockist
- one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods
- stockjobber
- one who deals only with brokers or other jobbers
- stocktaker
- an employee whose job is to take inventory
- Stoic
- a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno
- stoic
- someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
- stone breaker
- someone who breaks up stone
- stonewaller
- one who stonewalls or refuses to answer or cooperate; someone who delays by lengthy speeches etc.
- stooper
- a person who carries himself or herself with the head and shoulders habitually bent forward
- stooper
- a person at a racetrack who searches for winning parimutuel tickets that have been carelessly discarded by others
- store detective
- a private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage
- storm trooper
- a member of the Nazi SA
- stowaway
- a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage
- strafer
- a combat pilot who strafes the enemy
- straggler
- someone who strays or falls behind
- stranger
- an individual that one is not acquainted with
- straphanger
- a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support
- straphanger
- a commuter who uses public transportation
- strategian
- an expert in strategy (especially in warfare)
- Strauss the Elder
- Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849)
- Strauss the Younger
- Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899)
- streaker
- someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place
- street child
- a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
- street cleaner
- a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department)
- street fighter
- a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods
- street fighter
- someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
- strider
- a person who walks rapidly with long steps
- strike leader
- someone who leads a strike
- striker
- an employee on strike against an employer
- striker
- someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
- striker
- a forward on a soccer team
- stringer
- a worker who strings
- stringer
- a member of a squad on a team
- strip miner
- a miner who does strip mining
- striper
- a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service
- stroke
- the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
- strongman
- a powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence
- strongman
- a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus
- struggler
- a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort
- Stuart
- a member of the royal family that ruled Scotland and England
- Stuart Davis
- United States painter who developed an American version of cubism (1894-1964)
- study
- someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
- stuffed shirt
- a bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned
- stumbler
- a walker or runner who trips and almost falls
- stylist
- an artist who is a master of a particular style
- stylite
- an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars
- subaltern
- a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain
- subcontractor
- someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor
- subdeacon
- a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
- subdivider
- someone who divides parts into smaller parts (especially a divider of land into building sites)
- subeditor
- an assistant editor
- subjectivist
- a person who subscribes to subjectivism
- subjugator
- a conqueror who defeats and enslaves
- sublieutenant
- an officer ranking next below a lieutenant
- submariner
- a member of the crew of a submarine
- submitter
- someone who submits something (as an application for a job or a manuscript for publication etc.) for the judgment of others
- submitter
- someone who yields to the will of another person or force
- subnormal
- a person of less than normal intelligence
- subsidiser
- someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy
- subsister
- one who lives through affliction
- subtracter
- a person who subtracts numbers
- suburbanite
- a resident of a suburb
- subvocaliser
- someone who articulates speech without uttering sounds
- succorer
- someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty
- sucker
- a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)
- Sudanese
- a native or inhabitant of Sudan
- suer
- a man who courts a woman
- suffragan
- an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese
- suffragette
- a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
- suffragist
- an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
- Sufi
- a Muslim who represents the mystical dimension of Islam; a Muslim who seeks direct experience of Allah; mainly in Iran
- sugar daddy
- a wealthy older man who gives a young person expensive gifts in return for friendship or intimacy
- Sugar Ray Robinson
- United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989)
- Suharto
- Indonesian statesman who seized power from Sukarno in 1967 (born in 1921)
- suicide bomber
- a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people
- suit
- (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit
- Sumatran
- a native or inhabitant of Sumatra
- Sumerian
- a member of a people who inhabited ancient Sumer
- summercaters
- (Maine colloquial) temporary summer residents of coastal Maine
- sumo wrestler
- a wrestler who participates in sumo (a Japanese form of wrestling)
- sun
- a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc
- Sun Myung Moon
- United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920)
- sun worshiper
- someone who worships the sun
- Sun Yat-sen
- Chinese statesman who organized the Kuomintang and led the revolution that overthrew the Manchu dynasty in 1911 and 1912 (1866-1925)
- sunbather
- someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan
- sundowner
- a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown
- Sunni Muslim
- a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad
- super heavyweight
- an amateur boxer who weighs more than 201 pounds
- super
- a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
- supercargo
- an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase
- superior
- the head of a religious community
- supermarketeer
- an operator of a supermarket
- supermodel
- a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity
- supermom
- an informal term for a mother who can combine childcare and full-time employment
- supernumerary
- a person serving no apparent function
- supervisor
- one who supervises or has charge and direction of
- supplanter
- one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
- supply officer
- a commissioned officer responsible for logistics
- suppresser
- someone who suppresses
- supremacist
- a person who advocates the supremacy of some particular group or racial group over all others
- suprematist
- an artist of the school of suprematism
- Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
- commanding officer of ACLANT; a general of the United States Army nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the North Atlantic Council
- Supreme Allied Commander Europe
- commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander in Europe
- supremo
- the most important person in an organization
- surfboarder
- someone who engages in surfboarding
- Surgeon General
- the senior medical officer in an Army or Navy
- Surgeon General
- the head of the United States Public Health Service
- surpriser
- a captor who uses surprise to capture the victim
- surrealist
- an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism
- surrenderer
- a person who yields or surrenders
- surrogate mother
- a woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do so
- surveyor
- an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures
- surveyor
- someone who conducts a statistical survey
- survivalist
- someone who tries to insure their personal survival or the survival of their group or nation
- survivor
- one who outlives another
- Susan Brownell Anthony
- United States suffragist (1820-1906)
- Susan Sontag
- United States writer (born in 1933)
- suspect
- someone who is under suspicion
- Svante August Arrhenius
- Swedish chemist and physicist noted for his theory of chemical dissociation (1859-1927)
- Svengali
- someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding
- swagger
- an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
- swaggerer
- someone who walks in an arrogant manner
- swami
- a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect
- Swazi
- a member of a southeast African people living in Swaziland and adjacent areas
- swearer
- someone who takes a solemn oath
- swearer
- someone who uses profanity
- sweater girl
- a girl with an attractive bust who wears tight sweaters
- Swede
- a native or inhabitant of Sweden
- Swedish Nightingale
- Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887)
- sweeper
- an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
- sweetheart
- any well-liked individual
- swimmer
- a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets
- swinger
- someone who swings sports implements
- swinger
- a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
- switch-hitter
- a baseball player who can bat either right or left handed
- switch-hitter
- slang term for a bisexual person
- switchboard operator
- someone who helps callers get the person they are calling
- switcher
- a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip
- switchman
- a man who operates railroad switches
- sybarite
- a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
- Sydney Pollack
- United States filmmaker (born in 1934)
- syllogiser
- logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning
- sylph
- a slender graceful young woman
- Sylvester II
- French pope from 999 to 1003 who was noted for his great learning (945-1003)
- Sylvia Plath
- United States writer and poet (1932-1963)
- symbolic logician
- a person skilled at symbolic logic
- symboliser
- someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols
- symbolist
- a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols
- sympathiser
- someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful
- symphonist
- a composer of symphonies
- symposiarch
- the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet
- symposiast
- someone who participates in a symposium
- syncopator
- a musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band)
- syndic
- one appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions
- syndicator
- a businessman who forms a syndicate
- synonymist
- a student of synonyms
- synthesiser
- an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods
- syphilitic
- a person suffering from syphilis
- Syrian
- a native or inhabitant of Syria
- system administrator
- a person in charge of managing and maintaining a computer system of telecommunication system (as for a business or institution)
- systematist
- a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior
- systems analyst
- a person skilled at systems analysis
- T-man
- a special law-enforcement agent of the United States Treasury
- tacker
- a worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding)
- tackle
- the person who plays that position on a football team
- tackler
- a football player who tackles the ball carrier
- tactician
- a person who is skilled at planning tactics
- Tadeus Reichstein
- a Swiss chemist born in Poland; studied the hormones of the adrenal cortex
- Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko
- Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817)
- Tadzhik
- a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
- Tagalog
- a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
- tagger
- someone who appends or joins one thing to another
- tagger
- someone who assigns labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter
- Tahitian
- a native or inhabitant of Tahiti
- tailback
- (American football) the person who plays tailback
- tailgater
- a driver who follows too closely behind another motor vehicle
- Taiwanese
- a native or inhabitant of Taiwan
- Takelma
- a member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon
- taker
- one who takes a bet or wager
- taker
- one who accepts an offer
- Talcott Parsons
- United States sociologist (1902-1979)
- talent
- a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
- talent agent
- an agent who represents performers
- talking head
- a talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen
- Tallulah Bankhead
- uninhibited United States actress (1903-1968)
- tally clerk
- one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received
- tallyman
- one who sells goods on the installment plan
- Tamara Karsavina
- Russian dancer who danced with Nijinsky (1885-1978)
- Tamburlaine
- Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405)
- tamer
- an animal trainer who tames wild animals
- Tamil
- a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka
- Tammy Wynetter Pugh
- United States country singer (1942-1998)
- Tancred
- Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112)
- tank driver
- a soldier who drives a tank
- tanner
- a craftsman who tans skins and hides
- tantaliser
- someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach
- Tantrist
- an adherent of Tantrism
- Tanzanian
- a native or inhabitant of Tanzania
- taoiseach
- the prime minister of the Irish Republic
- Taoist
- an adherent of any branch of Taoism
- Taos
- a member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico
- tap dancer
- a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
- tapper
- a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads
- tapper
- a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly
- tapper
- a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
- Taracahitian
- a member of a group of peoples of Mexico
- Tarahumara
- a member of the Taracahitian people of north central Mexico
- Taras Grigoryevich Shevchenko
- Ukranian poet (1814-1861)
- Tartuffe
- a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)
- Tarzan
- (sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs)
- Tashunca-Uitco
- a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877)
- taskmaster
- someone who imposes hard or continuous work
- taskmistress
- a woman taskmaster
- Tatar
- a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups)
- Taurus
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
- taxer
- a bureaucrat who levies taxes
- taxi dancer
- a woman employed to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance
- taxpayer
- someone who pays taxes
- teacher's pet
- the teacher's favorite student
- teaching fellow
- a graduate student with teaching responsibilities
- teamster
- the driver of a team of horses doing hauling
- teamster
- someone who drives a truck as an occupation
- tearaway
- a reckless and impetuous person
- teaser
- a worker who teases wool
- techie
- a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)
- technical sergeant
- a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant in the air force or marines
- technician
- someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process
- technician
- someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique
- technocrat
- an advocate of technocracy
- technocrat
- an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group
- technophile
- a person who is enthusiastic about new technology
- technophobe
- a person who dislikes or avoids new technology
- Tecumtha
- a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)
- Ted Shawn
- United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)
- Teddy boy
- a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
- teetotaler
- a total abstainer
- telecaster
- a television broadcaster
- telegraph operator
- someone who transmits messages by telegraph
- teleologist
- advocate of teleology
- televangelist
- an evangelist who conducts services on television
- television announcer
- an announcer on television
- teller
- an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
- Telugu
- a member of the people in southeastern India (Andhra Pradesh) who speak the Telugu language
- temp
- a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
- temporiser
- someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time
- tempter
- a person who tempts others
- tenant
- any occupant who dwells in a place
- tenant
- a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
- tenant farmer
- a farmer who works land owned by someone else
- tenderfoot
- an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living)
- Teng Hsiao-ping
- Chinese communist statesman (1904-1997)
- Tennessean
- a native or resident of Tennessee
- tennis coach
- a coach of tennis players
- tennis player
- an athlete who plays tennis
- tenor
- an adult male with a tenor voice
- tenor saxophonist
- a musician who plays the tenor saxophone
- tentmaker
- someone who makes or repairs tents
- Tenzing Norgay
- Sherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986)
- Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski
- English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924)
- term infant
- infant born at a gestational age between 37 and 42 completed weeks
- termer
- a person who serves a specified term
- territorial
- nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit
- terrorist
- a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities
- test driver
- a driver who drives a motor vehicle to evaluate its performance
- test pilot
- a pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them
- test-tube baby
- a baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body; the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterus
- testate
- a person who makes a will
- testatrix
- a female testator
- Teton Dakota
- a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains
- Teuton
- a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans
- Teuton
- someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language
- Teutonist
- a specialist in the history of the Teutonic people or language (especially with respect to the Teutonic influence on the history of England)
- Texan
- a native or resident of Texas
- Texas Ranger
- a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier
- Thales of Miletus
- a presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC)
- thane
- a man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land)
- thane
- a feudal lord or baron
- thatcher
- someone skilled in making a roof from plant stalks or foliage
- Thatcherite
- an advocate of Thatcherism
- The Admirable Crichton
- Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582)
- the Great Compromiser
- United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
- the Venerable Bede
- (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
- theatrical producer
- someone who produces theatrical performances
- Theban
- a Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes
- Theban
- an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes
- theist
- one who believes in the existence of a god or gods
- Thelonious Sphere Monk
- United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)
- Themistocles
- Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC)
- Theodor Mommsen
- German historian noted for his history of Rome (1817-1903)
- Theodor Schwann
- German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882)
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
- United States writer of children's books (1904-1991)
- Theodore Dwight Weld
- United States abolitionist (1803-1895)
- Theodore Francis Powys
- British writer of allegorical novels; one of three literary brothers (1875-1953)
- Theodore Harold White
- United States political journalist (1915-1986)
- Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser
- United States novelist (1871-1945)
- Theodore Samuel Williams
- United States baseball player noted as a hitter (1918-2002)
- Theodosius the Great
- the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395)
- theologian
- someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
- Theophrastus
- Greek philosopher who was a student of Aristotle and who succeeded Aristotle as the leader of the Peripatetics (371-287 BC)
- Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim
- Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541)
- theosophist
- a believer in theosophy
- Thespis
- Greek poet who is said to have originated Greek tragedy (sixth century BC)
- Thessalian
- a native or inhabitant of Thessaly
- Thessalonian
- a native or inhabitant of Thessalonica
- theurgy
- the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs
- thinker
- someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)
- Third Baron Rayleigh
- English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919)
- third baseman
- (baseball) the person who plays third base
- third party
- someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction
- third-rater
- one who is third-rate or distinctly inferior
- Thomas a Kempis
- German ecclesiastic (1380-1471)
- Thomas Alva Edison
- United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)
- Thomas Augustus Watson
- United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
- Thomas Babington Macaulay
- English historian noted for his history of England (1800-1859)
- Thomas Bayes
- English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761)
- Thomas Bowdler
- English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825)
- Thomas Bradley
- United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)
- Thomas Carew
- Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639)
- Thomas Carlyle
- Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881)
- Thomas Chippendale
- a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779)
- Thomas Clayton Wolfe
- United States writer best known for his autobiographical novels (1900-1938)
- Thomas Crawford
- United States neoclassical sculptor (1814-1857)
- Thomas De Quincey
- English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859)
- Thomas Decker
- English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632)
- Thomas Edward Lawrence
- Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
- Thomas Gainsborough
- English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)
- Thomas Gray
- English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)
- Thomas Hardy
- English novelist and poet (1840-1928)
- Thomas Hart Benton
- United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858)
- Thomas Hart Benton
- United States artist whose paintings portrayed life in the Midwest and South (1889-1975)
- Thomas Hastings
- United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)
- Thomas Hobbes
- English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
- Thomas Hodgkin
- English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)
- Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
- United States educator who established the first free school in the United States for the hearing impaired (1787-1851)
- Thomas Hunt Morgan
- United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945)
- Thomas J. Hanks
- United States film actor (born in 1956)
- Thomas Jonathan Jackson
- general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)
- Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr.
- United States writer who has written extensively on American culture (born in 1931)
- Thomas Kid
- English dramatist (1558-1594)
- Thomas Lanier Williams
- United States playwright (1911-1983)
- Thomas Mann
- German writer concerned about the role of the artist in bourgeois society (1875-1955)
- Thomas Merton
- United States religious and writer (1915-1968)
- Thomas Middleton
- English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627)
- Thomas Moore
- Irish poet who wrote nostalgic and patriotic verse (1779-1852)
- Thomas Nast
- United States political cartoonist (1840-1902)
- Thomas Nelson Page
- United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)
- Thomas Paine
- American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809)
- Thomas Pynchon
- United States writer of pessimistic novels about life in a technologically advanced society (born in 1937)
- Thomas Reid
- Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796)
- Thomas Robert Malthus
- an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
- Thomas Stearns Eliot
- British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)
- Thomas Straussler
- British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937)
- Thomas Sully
- United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
- Thomas Tallis
- English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585)
- Thomas the doubting Apostle
- the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes
- Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson
- United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911)
- Thomas Willis
- English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675)
- Thomas Woodrow Wilson
- 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)
- Thomas Wright Waller
- United States jazz musician (1904-1943)
- Thomas Young
- British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
- Thor Hyerdahl
- Norwegian anthropologist noted for his studies of cultural diffusion (1914-2002)
- Thornton Niven Wilder
- United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
- thoroughbred
- a well-bred person
- Thorstein Bunde Veblen
- United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929)
- Thracian
- an inhabitant of ancient Thrace
- thrall
- someone held in bondage
- thrower
- someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)
- thrower
- a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
- thrush
- a woman who sings popular songs
- Thucydides
- ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)
- thurifer
- an acolyte who carries a thurible
- Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus
- Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered; consolidated the Roman Empire and conquered southern Britain; was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius' heir (10 BC to AD 54)
- Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus
- son-in-law of Augustus who became a suspicious tyrannical Emperor of Rome after a brilliant military career (42 BC to AD 37)
- Tibetan
- a native or inhabitant of Tibet
- ticket collector
- someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets
- ticket holder
- holder of a ticket (for admission or for passage)
- ticket tout
- someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
- tier
- any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
- tier
- a worker who ties something
- tiger
- a fierce or audacious person
- tight end
- (football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle
- tiler
- a worker who lays tile
- tiller
- someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
- tilter
- someone who engages in a tilt or joust
- timberman
- an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering
- timekeeper
- a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees
- timekeeper
- (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed
- timeserver
- one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage
- Timorese
- a native or inhabitant of Timor
- Timothy
- a disciple of Saint Paul who became the leader of the Christian community at Ephesus
- Timothy Francis Leary
- United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996)
- Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
- English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
- timpanist
- a person who plays the kettledrums
- tinker
- formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
- tinker
- a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
- tinner
- someone who makes or repairs tinware
- tinter
- a hairdresser who tints hair
- tipper
- a person who leaves a tip
- tipster
- one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
- Tirso de Molina
- Spanish dramatist who wrote the first dramatic treatment of the legend of Don Juan (1571-1648)
- tither
- someone who pays tithes
- Titus
- a Greek disciple and helper of Saint Paul
- Titus Flavius Domitianus
- Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian who succeeded his brother Titus; instigated a reign of terror and was assassinated as a tyrant (51-96)
- Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus
- Emperor of Rome and founder of the Flavian dynasty who consolidated Roman rule in Germany and Britain and reformed the army and brought prosperity to the empire; began the construction of the Colosseum (9-79)
- Titus Livius
- Roman historian whose history of Rome filled 142 volumes (of which only 35 survive) including the earliest history of the war with Hannibal (59 BC to AD 17)
- Titus Lucretius Carus
- Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC)
- Titus Maccius Plautus
- comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC)
- Titus Oates
- English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)
- Titus Vespasianus Augustus
- Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian (39-81)
- Tiziano Vecellio
- old master of the Venetian school (1490-1576)
- Tjalling Charles Koopmans
- United States economist (born in the Netherlands) (1910-1985)
- Tlingit
- a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska
- toast
- a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention
- toast mistress
- a woman toastmaster
- toaster
- someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture
- tobacconist
- a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles
- Tobagonian
- a native or inhabitant of the island of Tobago in the West Indies
- Tobias George Smollett
- Scottish writer of adventure novels (1721-1771)
- tobogganist
- someone who rides a toboggan
- Toda
- a member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India
- Togolese
- a native or inhabitant of Togo
- toiler
- one who works strenuously
- Tojo Hideki
- Japanese army officer who initiated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who assumed dictatorial control of Japan during World War II; he was subsequently tried and executed as a war criminal (1884-1948)
- toll agent
- someone employed to collect tolls
- Toltec
- a member of the Nahuatl speaking people of central and southern Mexico
- Tom Thumb
- a very small person
- Tomas de Torquemada
- the Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498)
- Tomasso Parentucelli
- Italian pope from 1447 to 1455 who founded the Vatican library (1397-1455)
- Tonegawa Susumu
- Japanese molecular biologist noted for his studies of how the immune system produces antibodies (born in 1939)
- Tongan
- a Polynesian native or inhabitant of Tonga
- toolmaker
- someone skilled in making or repairing tools
- top banana
- the leading comedian in a burlesque show
- topper
- a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)
- topper
- a worker who makes or adds the top to something
- torch singer
- a singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs
- torchbearer
- a leader in a campaign or movement
- torero
- a matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight
- Torquato Tasso
- Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595)
- tortfeasor
- a party who has committed a tort
- torturer
- someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
- Tory
- an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
- Tory
- a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative
- Tory
- a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs
- tosser
- someone who throws lightly (as with the palm upward)
- totalitarian
- an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government
- totemist
- a person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem
- touch-typist
- a skilled typist who can type a document without looking at the keyboard
- toucher
- a person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact with someone or something
- tour guide
- a guide who leads others on a tour
- tout
- someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way
- tovarich
- a comrade (especially in Russian communism)
- towhead
- a person with light blond hair
- town clerk
- the official who keeps a town's records
- townee
- townsman unacquainted with country life especially a slick and flashy male city dweller
- towner
- a resident of a town or city
- townie
- resident of a college town not affiliated with the college
- Townsend Harris
- United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)
- townsman
- a person from the same town as yourself
- toxicologist
- one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment
- tracer
- an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
- track star
- a star runner
- tracker
- someone who tracks down game
- Tractarian
- a follower of Tractarianism and supporter of the Oxford movement (which was expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the Times')
- trade unionist
- a worker who belongs to a trade union
- traffic cop
- a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic
- tragedian
- an actor who specializes in tragic roles
- tragedian
- a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies
- tragedienne
- an actress who specializes in tragic roles
- trail boss
- the person responsible for driving a herd of cattle
- trailblazer
- someone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees
- train dispatcher
- a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard
- trainbandsman
- a member of a trainband
- trainbearer
- one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion
- trainee
- someone who is being trained
- trainer
- one who trains other persons or animals
- traitor
- someone who betrays his country by committing treason
- traitress
- female traitor
- trampler
- someone who injures by trampling
- transactor
- someone who conducts or carries on business or negotiations
- transalpine
- one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy
- transcendentalist
- advocate of transcendentalism
- transcriber
- someone who makes a written version of spoken material
- transcriber
- someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation
- transcriber
- someone who rewrites in a different script
- transcriber
- a person who translates written messages from one language to another
- transexual
- a person who has undergone a sex change operation
- transexual
- a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex
- transfer
- someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
- transferee
- (law) someone to whom a title or property is conveyed
- transferer
- someone who transfers something
- transferor
- (law) someone who conveys a title or property to another
- transgressor
- someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command
- transient
- one who stays for only a short time
- transmigrante
- a Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to sell
- transplanter
- a gardener who moves plants to new locations
- trapper
- someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)
- trapshooter
- a person who engages in shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled into the air by a trap
- travel agent
- someone who sells or arranges trips or tours for customers
- traveler
- a person who changes location
- traverser
- someone who moves or passes across
- trawler
- a fisherman who use a trawl net
- tree hugger
- derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests
- trekker
- a traveler who makes a long arduous journey (as hiking through mountainous country)
- trencher
- someone who digs trenches
- trial attorney
- a lawyer who specializes in defending clients before a court of law
- trial judge
- a judge in a trial court
- tribesman
- someone who lives in a tribe
- tribologist
- a specialist in tribology
- tribune
- (ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests
- trier
- one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
- trifler
- one who behaves lightly or not seriously
- trigonometrician
- a mathematician specializing in trigonometry
- Trinidadian
- inhabitant or native of Trinidad
- Trinitarian
- adherent of Trinitarianism
- triplet
- one of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- tritheist
- someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods
- triumvir
- one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome
- Trofim Denisovich Lysenko
- Soviet geneticist whose adherence to Lamarck's theory of evolution was favored by Stalin (1898-1976)
- trombone player
- a musician who plays the trombone
- trooper
- a mounted police officer
- trophy wife
- a wife who is an attractive young woman; seldom the first wife of an affluent older man
- Trotskyist
- radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
- trouble shooter
- a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices)
- trouper
- a person who is reliable and uncomplaining and hard working
- trustbuster
- a federal agent who engages in trust busting
- trusty
- a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges
- Trygve Halvden Lie
- Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
- Tsimshian
- a member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British Columbia
- Tsung Dao Lee
- United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)
- Tuareg
- a member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara
- tub-thumper
- a noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker
- tucker
- a sewer who tucks
- Tudor
- a member of the dynasty that ruled England
- Tulu
- a member of a Dravidian people living on the southwestern coast of India
- tumbler
- a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
- Tungus
- a member of the Tungus speaking people who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia; related to the Manchu
- Tungusic
- any member of a people speaking a language in the Tungusic family
- Tunisian
- a native or inhabitant of Tunisia
- Tupi
- a member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay
- Turcoman
- a member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas
- Turk
- a native or inhabitant of Turkey
- Turki
- any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language
- turncock
- one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off
- turner
- one of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope
- turner
- a lathe operator
- turner
- a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
- turtler
- someone whose occupation is hunting turtles
- Tuscan
- a resident of Tuscany
- Tuscarora
- a member of an Iroquois people who formerly lived in North Carolina and then moved to New York State and joined the Iroquois
- Tutankhamen
- Pharaoh of Egypt around 1358 BC; his tomb was discovered almost intact by Howard Carter in 1922
- tutee
- learns from a tutor
- Tutelo
- a member of the Siouan people of Virginia and North Carolina
- TV reporter
- someone who reports news stories via television
- TV star
- a star in a television show
- twaddler
- someone who twaddles; someone who writes or talks twaddle
- twerp
- someone who is regarded as contemptible
- twin
- either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- twiner
- someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing
- Two Kettle
- a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux
- two-timer
- someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else
- Twyla Tharp
- innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
- Tycho Brahe
- Danish astronomer whose observations of the planets provided the basis for Kepler's laws of planetary motion (1546-1601)
- Tyke
- a native of Yorkshire
- Typhoid Mary
- United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)
- typist
- someone paid to operate a typewriter
- tyrant
- any person who exercises power in a cruel way
- tyrant
- in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
- Tyrolean
- a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol
- Ubermensch
- a person with great powers and abilities
- Ugandan
- a native or inhabitant of Uganda
- ugly duckling
- an ugly or unpromising child who grows into a beautiful or worthy person
- Ugo Buoncompagni
- the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585)
- Uighur
- a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas
- Ukranian
- a native or inhabitant of the Ukraine
- ultramontane
- a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)
- Ulysses Simpson Grant
- 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
- ump
- an official at a baseball game
- uncle
- the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
- uncle
- a source of help and advice and encouragement
- underboss
- an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)
- underdog
- one at a disadvantage and expected to lose
- undergrad
- a university student who has not yet received a first degree
- undersecretary
- a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government
- underseller
- a seller that sells at a lower price than others do
- undesirable
- one whose presence is undesirable
- undoer
- a seducer who ruins a woman
- unemployed person
- someone who is jobless
- unfortunate
- a person who suffers misfortune
- Uniate Christian
- a member of the Uniat Church
- unicyclist
- a person who rides a unicycle
- unilateralist
- an advocate of unilateralism
- uniocular dichromat
- a person who has normal vision in one eye and dichromacy in the other; very rare but very useful for experiments on color vision
- union representative
- a representative for a labor union
- Unitarian
- adherent of Unitarianism
- United States Attorney General
- the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department
- universal donor
- a person whose type O Rh-negative blood may be safely transfused into persons with other blood types
- UNIX guru
- an expert on the UNIX operating system
- Unknown Soldier
- an unidentified soldier whose body is honored as a memorial
- unmarried woman
- a woman who is not married
- unpaid worker
- a person who performs voluntary work
- unskilled person
- a person who lacks technical training
- upholsterer
- a craftsman who upholsters furniture
- upsetter
- an unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor
- upstager
- a selfish actor who upstages the other actors
- upstart
- an arrogant or presumptuous person
- Upton Beall Sinclair
- United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
- urban guerrilla
- a guerrilla who fights only in cities and towns
- urchin
- poor and often mischievous city child
- Uriah
- (Old Testament) the husband of Bathsheba and a soldier who was sent to die in battle so that king David could marry his wife (circa 10th century BC)
- urologist
- a specialist in urology
- Uruguayan
- a native or inhabitant of Uruguay
- Usbek
- a member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas
- user
- a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- usherette
- a female usher
- usufructuary
- someone who holds property by usufruct
- Utahan
- a native or resident of Utah
- Ute
- a member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico
- utiliser
- someone who puts to good use
- utilitarian
- someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
- utility man
- a workman expected to serve in any capacity when called on
- utility man
- a baseball player valued for the ability to play at several positions
- Utopian
- an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer
- utterer
- someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins
- ux.
- (legal terminology) the Latin word for wife
- uxoricide
- a husband who murders his wife
- V.P.
- an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances
- vacationer
- someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work
- vaccinee
- a patient who has been vaccinated
- Vaclav Havel
- Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936)
- Vagn Walfrid Ekman
- Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954)
- Vaishnava
- worshipper of Vishnu
- Vaisya
- a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes
- valedictorian
- the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement
- Valentina Vladmirovna Tereshkova
- Soviet cosmonaut who was the first woman in space (born in 1937)
- valentine
- a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day
- valetudinarian
- weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health
- valley girl
- a girl who grew up in the tract housing in the San Fernando Valley
- valuer
- someone who assesses the monetary worth of possessions
- Van Wyck Brooks
- United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)
- vandal
- someone who willfully destroys or defaces property
- Vandal
- a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455
- Vanessa Stephen
- English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
- vanisher
- a person who disappears
- Vannevar Bush
- United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)
- varmint
- an irritating or obnoxious person
- varnisher
- someone who applies a finishing coat of varnish
- Vasco da Gamma
- Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524)
- Vasco Nunez de Balboa
- Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519)
- Vaslav Nijinsky
- Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950)
- vaudevillian
- a performer who works in vaudeville
- Vedist
- a scholar of or an authority on the Vedas
- vegan
- a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products at all
- vegetarian
- eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products
- venerator
- someone who regards with deep respect or reverence
- Venetian
- a resident of Venice
- Venezuelan
- a native or inhabitant of Venezuela
- venter
- a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance
- ventriloquist
- a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy
- venture capitalist
- a speculator who makes money available for innovative projects (especially in high technology)
- Vepsian
- a member of a Finnish people of Russia
- verger
- a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies
- verifier
- someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
- Vermonter
- a native or resident of Vermont
- vestal
- a chaste woman
- vestal virgin
- (Roman mythology) one of the virgin priestesses consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta and to maintaining the sacred fire in her temple
- vestryman
- a man who is a member of a church vestry
- vestrywoman
- a woman who is a member of a church vestry
- vet
- a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- veteran
- a serviceman who has seen considerable active service
- vibist
- a musician who plays the vibraphone
- vicar
- a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
- vicar
- (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
- vicar
- (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
- vicar apostolic
- a titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area
- vicar-general
- (Roman Catholic Church) an administrative deputy who assists a bishop
- vice admiral
- an admiral ranking below a full admiral and above a rear admiral
- vice chairman
- one ranking below or serving in the place of a chairman
- vice chancellor
- a deputy or assistant to someone bearing the title of chancellor
- Vice President of the United States
- the vice president of the United States who presides over the United States Senate
- vice-regent
- a regent's deputy
- vicegerent
- someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy
- vicereine
- wife of a viceroy
- vicereine
- governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
- Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps
- French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)
- victim
- an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
- victimiser
- a person who victimizes others
- Victor Emanuel II
- king of Italy who completed the unification of Italy by acquiring Venice and Rome (1820-1878)
- Victor Emanuel III
- king of Italy who appointed Mussolini prime minister; he abdicated in 1946 and the monarchy was abolished (1869-1947)
- Victor Franz Hess
- United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964)
- Victor Herbert
- United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924)
- Victor Horta
- Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947)
- victor
- the contestant who wins the contest
- Victor-Marie Hugo
- French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)
- Victoria Clafin Woodhull
- United States advocate of women's suffrage; in 1872 she was the first woman to run for the United States presidency (1838-1927)
- Victorian
- a person who lived during the reign of Victoria
- victualer
- an innkeeper (especially British)
- Vietnamese
- a native or inhabitant of Vietnam
- Vigdis Finnbogadottir
- former president of Iceland; first woman to be democratically elected head of state (born in 1930)
- vigilance man
- member of a vigilance committee
- Viking
- any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries
- Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi
- Russian chess master (born in 1931)
- Viktor Vasarely
- French painter (born in Hungary) who was a pioneer of op art (1908-1997)
- Vilfredo Pareto
- Italian sociologist and economist whose theories influenced the development of fascism in Italy (1848-1923)
- villager
- one who has lived in a village most of their life
- villainess
- a woman villain
- Vincent van Gogh
- Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890)
- Vincenzo Bellini
- Italian composer of operas (1801-1835)
- vintager
- a person who harvests grapes for making wine
- vintner
- someone who makes wine
- vintner
- someone who sells wine
- violin maker
- someone who makes violins
- violist
- a musician who plays the viola
- VIP
- an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
- virago
- a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
- Virgil Garnett Thomson
- United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989)
- virgin
- a person who has never had sex
- Virgin
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo
- Virginia Katherine McMath
- United States dancer and film actress who partnered with Fred Astaire (1911-1995)
- Virginia Wade
- English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
- Virginian
- a native or resident of Virginia
- virologist
- a specialist in virology
- virtuoso
- a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry
- Visayan
- a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines
- viscount
- a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
- viscount
- (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count
- Viscount Nelson
- English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)
- Viscount St. Albans
- English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
- viscountess
- a noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right
- viscountess
- a wife or widow of a viscount
- Visigoth
- a member of the western group of Goths who sacked Rome and created a kingdom in present-day Spain and southern France
- visionary
- a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible
- visitant
- someone who visits
- visiting fireman
- an important or distinguished visitor
- visiting nurse
- a nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes
- visiting professor
- a professor visiting another college or university to teach for a limited time
- visualiser
- one whose prevailing mental imagery is visual
- visually impaired person
- someone who has inferior vision
- vitalist
- one who believes in vitalism
- viticulturist
- a cultivator of grape vine
- Vittorio De Sica
- Italian film maker (1901-1974)
- Vitus Behring
- Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)
- Vivien Leigh
- English film actress (1913-1967)
- vivisectionist
- a biologist who cuts open live animals for research
- vizier
- a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
- Vladimir Horowitz
- Russian concert pianist who was a leading international virtuoso (1904-1989)
- Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
- Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)
- Vladimir Kosma Zworykin
- United States physicist who invented the iconoscope (1889-1982)
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovski
- Soviet poet; leader of Russian futurism (1893-1930)
- Vladimir vladimirovich Nabokov
- United States writer (born in Russia) (1899-1977)
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
- Russian statesman chosen as president of the Russian Federation in 2000; formerly director of the Federal Security Bureau (born in 1952)
- vociferator
- a loud and vehement speaker (usually in protest)
- Vogul
- a member of a nomadic people of the northern Urals
- voice
- (metonymy) a singer
- voicer
- a speaker who voices an opinion
- voicer
- someone who regulates the tone of organ pipes
- volleyball player
- someone who plays the game of volleyball
- votary
- a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity
- votary
- a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult
- votary
- one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service
- Votyak
- a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia
- vouchee
- (law) a person called into court to defend a title
- vower
- someone who makes a solemn promise to do something or behave in a certain way
- voyager
- a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)
- vulcaniser
- someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency
- vulgarian
- a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)
- vulgariser
- someone who makes something vulgar
- Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov
- Soviet statesman (1890-1986)
- Wac
- a member of the Women's Army Corps
- waddler
- someone who walks with a waddling gait
- waffler
- someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner
- waggoner
- the driver of a wagon
- waggonwright
- a wagon maker
- Wagnerian
- a follower of the theories or an admirer of the music of Richard Wagner
- Wahhabi
- a member of a strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect from Saudi Arabia; strives to purify Islamic beliefs and rejects any innovation occurring after the 3rd century of Islam
- Wahunsonacock
- Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618)
- wailer
- a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries
- waiter
- a person who waits or awaits
- waitress
- a woman waiter
- Wakashan
- a member of one of the peoples in British Columbia and Washington who speak the Wakashan language
- waker
- a person who awakes
- walk-in
- an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum
- walk-in
- person who walks in without having an appointment
- walk-on
- plays a small part in a dramatic production
- Walker Percy
- United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)
- walking delegate
- a union representative who visits workers at their jobs to see whether agreements are observed
- Wallace Hume Carothers
- United States chemist who developed nylon (1896-1937)
- Wallace Stevens
- United States poet (1879-1955)
- wallah
- usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing
- wallflower
- remains on sidelines at social event
- Wallis Warfield Simpson
- United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication
- Walloon
- a member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium
- walloper
- a winner by a wide margin
- walloper
- a very hard hitter
- wallpaperer
- a worker who papers walls
- wally
- a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid
- Walt Whitman
- United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892)
- Walter Elias Disney
- United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966)
- Walter Gropius
- United States architect (born in Germany) and founder of the Bauhaus school (1883-1969)
- Walter John de la Mare
- English poet remembered for his verse for children (1873-1956)
- Walter Lippmann
- United States journalist (1889-1974)
- Walter Piston
- United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976)
- Walter Reed
- United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
- Walter Rudolf Hess
- Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973)
- Walter William Skeat
- English philologist (1835-1912)
- Walther Hermann Nernst
- German physicist and chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics (1864-1941)
- Walther Richard Rudolf Hess
- Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987)
- waltzer
- a dancer who waltzes
- Wampanoag
- a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims
- Wanda Landowska
- United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959)
- Wandering Jew
- a legendary Jew condemned to roam the world for mocking Jesus at the Crucifixion
- wanton
- lewd or lascivious woman
- war baby
- conceived or born during war
- war bride
- bride of a serviceman during wartime
- war correspondent
- a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a combat zone or place of battle for publication or broadcast
- war criminal
- an offender who violates international law during times of war
- war widow
- a woman whose husband has died in war
- warbler
- a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song
- ward
- a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
- warden
- the chief official in charge of a prison
- warder
- a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
- wardress
- a woman warder
- warehouseman
- a workman who manages or works in a warehouse
- warlord
- supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak
- warner
- someone who gives a warning to others
- warrant officer
- holds rank by virtue of a warrant
- warrantee
- a customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given
- warrantee
- a recipient of a warrant issued by a court in the United States
- Warren Earl Burger
- United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995)
- Warren Gamaliel Harding
- 29th President of the United States; two of his appointees were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal (1865-1823)
- warrener
- maintains a rabbit warren
- warrior
- someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
- washer
- someone who washes things for a living
- Washington Irving
- United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859)
- Washingtonian
- a native or resident of the state of Washington
- Washingtonian
- a native or resident of the city of Washington
- Wassily Kandinski
- Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944)
- Wassily Leontief
- United States economist (born in Russia) who devised an input-output method of economic analysis (1906-1999)
- waster
- someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
- watchdog
- a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste
- watcher
- a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body
- Water Bearer
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius
- water boy
- an assistant who supplies drinking water
- water dog
- a person who enjoys being in or on the water
- watercolorist
- a painter who paints with watercolors
- waterer
- someone who waters plants or crops
- Watutsi
- a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi
- Wave
- a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch
- waver
- someone who communicates by waving
- wax-chandler
- one who deals in wax candles
- wayfarer
- a pedestrian who walks from place to place
- Wayne Gretzky
- high-scoring Canadian ice-hockey player (born in 1961)
- wearer
- a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory
- weasel
- a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky
- weather forecaster
- predicts the weather
- weaver
- a craftsman who weaves cloth
- webmaster
- a technician who designs or maintains a website
- wedding guest
- a guest at a wedding
- weeder
- a farmhand hired to remove weeds
- weekend warrior
- a reservist who fulfills the military obligation on weekends
- weekend warrior
- a homeowner who acts as a contractor and tries to do major improvement projects on weekends (often without understanding the scope of the work to be done)
- weekender
- someone who vacations on a weekend
- weeper
- a hired mourner
- weigher
- an official who weighs and records the weight
- welcher
- someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager
- welder
- joins pieces of metal by welding them together
- welterweight
- a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds
- welterweight
- a wrestler who weighs 154-172 pounds
- welterweight
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds
- wencher
- someone who patronizes prostitutes
- Werner Karl Heisenberg
- German mathematical physicist noted for stating the uncertainty principle (1901-1976)
- Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun
- United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977)
- Wesleyan
- a follower of Wesleyanism
- West Berliner
- an inhabitant of West Berlin
- West Indian
- a native or inhabitant of the West Indies
- West Saxon
- an inhabitant of Wessex
- West Virginian
- a native or resident of West Virginia
- West-sider
- a resident of the west side of Manhattan in New York City
- westerner
- an inhabitant of a western area; especially of the U.S.
- wetter
- a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
- whaler
- a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
- wharf rat
- someone who lives near wharves and lives by pilfering from ships or warehouses
- wheeler
- the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling
- wheeler
- someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels
- whiffer
- a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike
- Whig
- a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War
- Whig
- a supporter of the American Revolution
- Whig
- a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories
- whipper-in
- huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds
- whirler
- a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling
- whisperer
- one who speaks in a whisper
- whistle blower
- an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
- whistler
- someone who makes a loud high sound
- white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
- a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
- White Friar
- a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
- white man
- a man who is White
- White person
- a Caucasian
- White Russian
- a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia
- white separatist
- someone who advocates a society in which white people live separately from members of other racial groups
- white slave
- a woman sold into prostitution
- white slaver
- a person who forces women to become prostitutes
- white supremacist
- a person who believes that the white race is or should be supreme
- white woman
- a woman who is White
- whited sepulcher
- a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous
- whiteface
- a clown whose face is covered with white make-up
- Whitney Moore Young Jr.
- United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
- whittler
- someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime)
- whoremaster
- a pimp who procures whores
- Wiccan
- a believer in Wicca
- Wichita
- a member of the Caddo people formerly living between Kansas and central Texas
- wicket-keeper
- stands behind the wicket to catch balls
- widow
- a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
- widower
- a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
- wigmaker
- someone who makes and sells wigs
- Wilbur Wright
- United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)
- wildcatter
- an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field
- Wiley Post
- United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
- Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki
- French poet; precursor of surrealism (1880-1918)
- Wilhelm Eduard Weber
- German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891)
- Wilhelm Karl Grimm
- the younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859)
- Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen
- German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923)
- Wilhelm Ostwald
- German chemist (1853-1932)
- Wilhelm Reich
- Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957)
- Wilhelm Richard Wagner
- German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883)
- Wilhelm von Opel
- German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948)
- Will Keith Kellog
- United States food manufacturer who (with his brother) developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and toasted wheat and corn; he established a company to manufacture the cereal (1860-1951)
- Willa Sibert Cather
- United States writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
- Willard Frank Libby
- United States chemist who developed a method of radiocarbon dating (1908-1980)
- Willard Huntington Wright
- United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
- Willard Van Orman Quine
- United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001)
- Willem de Kooning
- United States painter (born in the Netherlands) who was a leading American exponent of abstract expressionism (1904-1997)
- Willem de Sitter
- Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
- Willem Einthoven
- Dutch physiologist who devised the first electrocardiograph (1860-1927)
- William Ashley Sunday
- United States evangelist (1862-1935)
- William Averell Harriman
- United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)
- William Beaumont
- United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853)
- William Benjamin Hogan
- United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997)
- William Blake
- visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
- William Bradford
- United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752)
- William Bradford Shockley
- United States physicist (born in England) who contributed to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989)
- William Butler Yeats
- Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
- William Butterfield
- English architect who designed many churches (1814-1900)
- William Byrd
- English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)
- William Carlos Williams
- United States poet (1883-1963)
- William Caxton
- English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491)
- William Christopher Handy
- United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)
- William Claire Menninger
- United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966)
- William Clark
- United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River; Clark was responsible for making maps of the area (1770-1838)
- William Clark Gable
- United States film actor (1901-1960)
- William Claude Dukenfield
- United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
- William Congreve
- English playwright remembered for his comedies (1670-1729)
- William Cowper
- English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800)
- William Cowper
- English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)
- William Crawford Gorgas
- United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920)
- William Curtis
- English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799)
- William Cuthbert Faulkner
- United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962)
- William Dawes
- American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799)
- William Dean Howells
- United States writer and editor (1837-1920)
- William Dudley Haywood
- United States labor leader and militant socialist who was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (1869-1928)
- William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
- United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963)
- William Ewart Gladstone
- liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898)
- William Felton Russell
- United States basketball center (born in 1934)
- William Franklin Graham
- United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
- William Frederick Cody
- United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917)
- William Gilbert
- English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)
- William Graham Sumner
- United States sociologist (1840-1910)
- William Green
- United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952)
- William H. Bonney
- United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881)
- William Harrison Dempsey
- United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983)
- William Harrison Hays
- United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954)
- William Harvey
- English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)
- William Hazlitt
- English essayist and literary critic (1778-1830)
- William Henry
- English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)
- William Henry Beveridge
- British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963)
- William Henry Fox Talbot
- English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877)
- William Henry Gates
- United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
- William Henry Hoover
- United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
- William Henry Hudson
- English naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922)
- William Henry Mauldin
- United States cartoonist noted for his drawings of soldiers in battle (1921-2003)
- William Henry Pratt
- United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969)
- William Henry Seward
- United States politician who as Secretary of State in 1867 arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872)
- William Hogarth
- English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764)
- William Holman Hunt
- Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
- William Holmes McGuffey
- United States educator who compiled the McGuffey Eclectic Readers (1800-1873)
- William Howard Taft
- 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
- United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924)
- William Hyde Wollaston
- English chemist and physicist who discovered palladium and rhodium and demonstrated that static and current electricity are the same (1766-1828)
- William Inge
- United States playwright (1913-1973)
- William James
- United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)
- William James Durant
- United States historian (1885-1981)
- William Jefferson Clinton
- 42nd President of the United States (1946-)
- William John Clifton Haley Jr.
- United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981)
- William Lawrence Shirer
- United States broadcast journalist who was in Berlin at the outbreak of World War II (1904-1993)
- William Le Baron Jenny
- United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
- William Lloyd Garrison
- United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879)
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- English writer (born in India) (1811-1863)
- William Maxwell Aitken
- British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964)
- William Mitchell
- United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936)
- William Morris
- English poet and craftsman (1834-1896)
- William Nunn Lipscom Jr.
- United States chemist noted for his theories of molecular structure (born in 1919)
- William of Ockham
- English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349)
- William of Orange
- King of England and Scotland and Ireland; he married the daughter of James II and was invited by opponents of James II to invade England; when James fled, William III and Mary II were declared joint monarchs (1650-1702)
- William of Wykeham
- English prelate and statesman; founded a college at Oxford and Winchester College in Winchester; served as chancellor of England and bishop of Winchester (1324-1404)
- William Patterson
- American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806)
- William Penn
- Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
- William Penn Adair Rogers
- United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935)
- William Ralph Inge
- English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954)
- William Randolph Hearst
- United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951)
- William Rose Benet
- United States writer; brother of Stephen Vincent Benet (1886-1950)
- William Rufus
- the second son of William the Conqueror who succeeded him as King of England (1056-1100)
- William Saroyan
- United States writer of plays and short stories (1908-1981)
- William Schwenk Gilbert
- a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
- William Seward Burroughs
- United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898)
- William Seward Burroughs
- United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
- William Shakespeare
- English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
- William Somerset Maugham
- English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965)
- William Stanley Jevons
- English economist and logician who contributed to the development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882)
- William Strickland
- United States architect and student of Latrobe (1787-1854)
- William Stubbs
- English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901)
- William Styron
- United States writer best known for his novels (born in 1925)
- William Sydney Porter
- United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
- William Tatem Tilden Jr.
- United States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the 1920s (1893-1953)
- William Tecumseh Sherman
- United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891)
- William Tell
- a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
- William the Conqueror
- duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England; he defeated Harold II at the battle of Hastings in 1066 and introduced many Norman customs into England (1027-1087)
- William Thornton
- American architect (1759-1828)
- William Tindale
- English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536)
- William Wilkie Collins
- English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
- William Wordsworth
- a romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life (1770-1850)
- William Wycherley
- English playwright noted for his humorous and satirical plays (1640-1716)
- William Wyler
- United States filmmaker (1902-1981)
- William Wymark Jacobs
- English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)
- Willie Howard Mays Jr.
- United States baseball player (born in 1931)
- Willy Brandt
- German statesman who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992)
- winder
- a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)
- window cleaner
- someone who cleans windows for pay
- window dresser
- someone who decorates shop windows
- window washer
- someone who washes windows
- wine lover
- a connoisseur of fine wines; a grape nut
- wine taster
- a taster who evaluates the quality of wines
- Winfield Scott
- United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)
- wing
- a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side
- wing commander
- (RAF rank) one who is next below a group captain
- wingback
- (football) the person who plays wingback
- winger
- (sports) player in wing position
- wingman
- the pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation
- winker
- a person who winks
- Winnebago
- a member of the Siouan-speaking people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin south of Green Bay; ally of the Menomini and enemy of the Fox and Sauk people
- winner
- a gambler who wins a bet
- Winslow Homer
- United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910)
- Wintun
- a member of a North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California
- wiper
- a worker who wipes
- wire-puller
- one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends
- wireman
- a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring
- wirer
- someone who sends a telegram
- Wisconsinite
- a native or resident of Wisconsin
- wisp
- a small person
- witch doctor
- someone who is believed to heal through magical powers
- witch-hunter
- someone who identifies and punishes people for their opinions
- withdrawer
- a depositor who withdraws funds previously deposited
- withdrawer
- a student who withdraws from the educational institution in which he or she was enrolled
- withdrawer
- a contestant who withdraws from competition
- withdrawer
- an individualist who withdraws from social interaction
- withdrawer
- an authority who withdraws permission
- withholder
- a person who restrains or checks or holds back
- withholder
- a person who refrains from granting
- withstander
- an opponent who resists with force or resolution
- witness
- (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
- Witold Gombrowicz
- Polish author (1904-1969)
- wittol
- an archaic term for a cuckold who knows about his wife's infidelity but tolerates it
- Wobbly
- a member of the Industrial Workers of the World
- wog
- (offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia
- wolf boy
- a male person assumed to have been raised by wolves
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy; master of the classical style in all its forms of his time (1756-1791)
- Wolfgang Pauli
- United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958)
- woman
- a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man
- wonder woman
- a woman who can be a successful wife and have a professional career at the same time
- wonderer
- someone who is curious about something
- woodcutter
- cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
- woodman
- someone who lives in the woods
- woodman
- makes things out of wood
- Woodrow Charles Herman
- United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987)
- Woodrow Wilson Guthrie
- United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967)
- wool stapler
- a dealer in wool
- wool stapler
- a person who sorts wool into different grades
- word-painter
- a writer of vivid or graphic descriptive power
- wordmonger
- a writer who uses language carelessly or pretentiously with little regard for meaning
- wordsmith
- a fluent and prolific writer
- workaholic
- person with a compulsive need to work
- worker
- a person who works at a specific occupation
- working girl
- a young woman who is employed
- working man
- an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
- workmate
- a fellow worker
- worldling
- a person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world
- worshiper
- someone who admires too much to recognize faults
- worthy
- an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- wrangler
- someone who argues noisily or angrily
- wrecker
- someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
- wrester
- someone who obtains something by pulling it violently with twisting movements
- wretch
- performs some wicked deed
- wright
- someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
- write-in
- a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters
- writer
- a person who is able to write and has written something
- Wykehamist
- a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Winchester College
- Wyomingite
- a native or resident of Wyoming
- Wystan Hugh Auden
- United States poet (born in England) (1907-1973)
- Xenophanes
- Greek philosopher (560-478 BC)
- Xenophon
- Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC)
- Xerxes the Great
- king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC)
- Xhosa
- a member of the Negroid people of southern South Africa
- xylophonist
- someone who plays a xylophone
- yachtsman
- a person who owns or sails a yacht
- Yahi
- a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California
- Yakut
- a member of a Turkic people of northeastern Siberia (mainly in the Lena river basin)
- yakuza
- a Japanese gangster
- Yana
- a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California
- Yang Chen Ning
- United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Tsung Dao Lee in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1922)
- Yankee-Doodle
- an American (especially to non-Americans)
- yard bird
- a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks
- yardie
- member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence
- yardman
- a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)
- yardman
- worker in a railway yard
- Yasser Arafat
- Palestinian statesman who was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1929-2004)
- Yavapai
- a member of a North American Indian people of central Arizona
- yawner
- a person who yawns
- Yemeni
- a native or inhabitant of Yemen
- Yeniseian
- a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia
- yenta
- (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
- yenta
- (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
- yeoman
- in former times was free and cultivated his own land
- Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko
- Russian poet who expressed the feelings of the post-Stalinist generation (born in 1933)
- yodeller
- a singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs)
- yogi
- one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight
- Yoko Ono
- United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
- Yokuts
- a member of the North American Indian people of the San Joaquin Valley
- Yoruba
- a member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria
- young buck
- a teenager or a young adult male
- young Turk
- a young radical who agitates for reform
- Young Turk
- a member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule
- Yucateco
- a member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico
- Yuma
- a member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and California
- yuppie
- a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style
- Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
- Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)
- Yves Tanguy
- United States surrealist painter (born in France) (1900-1955)
- Zairese
- a native or inhabitant of Zaire
- Zambian
- a native or inhabitant of Zambia
- Zane Grey
- United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
- zany
- a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
- Zapotecan
- a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900
- Zarathustra
- Persian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism (circa 628-551 BC)
- Zealander
- a native or inhabitant of Zealand
- Zealot
- a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans
- Zechariah
- a Hebrew minor prophet of the late 6th century BC
- Zellig Sabbatai Harris
- United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992)
- Zen Buddhist
- an adherent of the doctrines of Zen Buddhism
- Zeno of Citium
- ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school (circa 335-263 BC)
- Zeno of Elea
- ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)
- Zephaniah
- a Hebrew minor prophet of the late 7th century BC
- Zhou En-lai
- Chinese revolutionary and communist leader (1898-1976)
- Zimbabwean
- a native or inhabitant of Zimbabwe
- Zionist
- a Jewish supporter of Zionism
- zoo keeper
- the chief person responsible for a zoological garden
- Zoroastrian
- follower of Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism
- Zulu
- a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities
- Zuni
- a member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico
