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nightbird
a person who likes to be active late at night
 
Sir Walter Raleigh
English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)
 
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe
United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)
 
federal agent
any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
 
quartermaster general
a staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army
 
Edmund Halley
English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)
 
Romanoff
a member of the imperial family that ruled Russia
 
ethicist
a philosopher who specializes in ethics
 
nude
a naked person
 
murderess
a woman murderer
 
mujahid
a Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad
 
Jesse Louis Jackson
United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941)
 
mammy
informal terms for a mother
 
Jansenist
an advocate of Jansenism
 
linendraper
a retail dealer in yard goods
 
cryptographer
decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
 
William Somerset Maugham
English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965)
 
stunt man
a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
 
football official
an official who enforces the rules at a football game
 
Brahui
a member of a Dravidian people living in Pakistan
 
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