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political hack |
Noun
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a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends |
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padre |
Noun
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a chaplain in one of the military services |
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ponderer |
Noun
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a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation |
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pantomimer |
Noun
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an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression |
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pantomimist |
Noun
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an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression |
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public figure |
Noun
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a well-known or notable person |
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proprietor |
Noun
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(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business |
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possessor |
Noun
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a person who owns something |
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pachuco |
Noun
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a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes |
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pacifist |
Adjective
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opposed to war |
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pacifist |
Noun
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someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes |
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pacificist |
Noun
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someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes |
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padrone |
Noun
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an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S. |
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padrone |
Noun
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an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy |
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palsgrave |
Noun
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(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands |
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paleographer |
Noun
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an archeologist skilled in paleography |
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paleographist |
Noun
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an archeologist skilled in paleography |
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paleontologist |
Noun
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a specialist in paleontology |
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palaeontologist |
Noun
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a specialist in paleontology |
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pallbearer |
Noun
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one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral |
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palmist |
Noun
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fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms |
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palmister |
Noun
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fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms |
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papal nuncio |
Noun
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(Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status |
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pamperer |
Noun
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someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence |
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public speaker |
Noun
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a person who delivers a speech or oration |
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pamphleteer |
Noun
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a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues) |
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panderer |
Noun
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a person who serves or caters to the vulgar passions or plans of others (especially in order to make money) |
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panderer |
Noun
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someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) |
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panelist |
Noun
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a member of a panel |
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panellist |
Noun
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a member of a panel |
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panhandler |
Noun
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a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money |
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pansexual |
Adjective
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attracted to people of a variety of gender identities and expressions |
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pansexual |
Noun
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a person who participates in (or is open to) sexual activities of many kinds |
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paparazzo |
Noun
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a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines |
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paperboy |
Noun
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a boy who sells or delivers newspapers |
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paperhanger |
Noun
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one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper |
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paperhanger |
Noun
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someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money |
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paperer |
Noun
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one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper |
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paper-pusher |
Noun
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a clerk or bureaucrat who does paperwork |
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progeny |
Noun
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the immediate descendants of a person |
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pariah |
Noun
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a person who is rejected (from society or home) |
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passive resister |
Noun
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a reformer who believes in passive resistance |
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pencil pusher |
Noun
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a clerk who does boring paperwork |
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parodist |
Noun
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someone who mimics literary or musical style for comic effect |
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pickaninny |
Noun
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(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child |
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pleaser |
Noun
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a pleasing entertainer |
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pensioner |
Noun
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the beneficiary of a pension fund |
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piccaninny |
Noun
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(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child |
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pentathlete |
Noun
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an athlete who competes in a pentathlon |
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pleb |
Noun
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one of the common people |