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bas bleu

a woman having literary or intellectual interests

 

Rachel

(Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin

 

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)

 

Wilhelm Eduard Weber

German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891)

 

primitive

a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

 

Lebanese

a native or inhabitant of Lebanon

 

surpriser

a captor who uses surprise to capture the victim

 

Gunter Wilhelm Grass

German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)

 

absconder

a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution

 

supercargo

an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase

 

Zechariah

a Hebrew minor prophet of the late 6th century BC

 

Louis VII

king of France who led the unsuccessful Second Crusade and fought frequent wars with Henry II of England (1120-1180)

 

Frederic William Goudy

United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947)

 

limnologist

a specialist in the study of freshwater ponds and lakes

 

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)

 

Vaslav Nijinsky

Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950)

 

lowbrow

a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits

 

Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev

Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)

 

finisher

a painter who applies a finishing coat

 

syllogiser

logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning