a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice)
apprehender
Noun
a person who knows or apprehends
ambassadress
Noun
a woman ambassador
aquanaut
Noun
a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research
aquanaut
Noun
an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder
art teacher
Noun
someone who teaches art
ambulance chaser
Noun
an unethical lawyer who incites accident victims to sue
assassin
Noun
a murderer, especially one who kills a prominent political figure, who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
assassin
Noun
a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders
ambusher
Noun
an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack
amicus curiae
Noun
an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case
aspirer
Noun
an ambitious and aspiring young person
assassinator
Noun
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
Noun
an analyst who assays (performs chemical tests on) metals
amigo
Noun
a friend or comrade
assemblyman
Noun
someone who is a member of a legislative assembly
amora
Noun
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
apprentice
Noun
works for an expert to learn a trade
apprentice
Verb
to be or work as an apprentice
assemblywoman
Noun
a woman assemblyman
amoralist
Noun
someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid
assenter
Noun
a person who assents
amorist
Noun
one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love
asserter
Noun
someone who claims to speak the truth
amputator
Noun
a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb
amputee
Noun
someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
appraiser
Noun
one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things
appraiser
Noun
one who determines authenticity or who guarantees validity of goods, such as art or property
anagnost
Noun
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)
affirmer
Noun
someone who claims to speak the truth
analogist
Noun
someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy
asseverator
Noun
someone who claims to speak the truth
authenticator
Noun
one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity
analphabet
Noun
an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet
avower
Noun
someone who claims to speak the truth
avower
Noun
someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly
appreciator
Noun
a person who is fully aware of something and understands it
analysand
Noun
a person undergoing psychoanalysis
assessee
Noun
a person or property that is assessed
analyst
Noun
a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
analyst
Noun
someone who is skilled at analyzing data
analyst
Noun
an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions
appropriator
Noun
someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission)
approver
Noun
an authority with power to approve
arbiter
Noun
someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
arbiter
Noun
someone with the power to settle matters at will
arbitrator
Noun
someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
arbitrageur
Noun
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)
assignee
Noun
(law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)