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rapporteur |
Noun
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a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings |
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rare bird |
Noun
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a rare or unique person |
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rara avis |
Noun
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a rare or unique person |
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rat-catcher |
Noun
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a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin |
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religious leader |
Noun
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leader of a religious order |
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remittance man |
Noun
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an exile living on money sent from home |
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ratepayer |
Noun
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a person who pays local rates (especially a householder) |
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remover |
Noun
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someone who works for a company that moves furniture |
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remover |
Noun
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a solvent that removes a substance, usually from a surface |
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raw recruit |
Noun
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an inexperienced and untrained recruit |
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Renaissance man |
Noun
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a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics |
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Renaissance man |
Noun
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a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests |
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reading teacher |
Noun
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someone who teaches students to read |
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realist |
Noun
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a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them |
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realist |
Noun
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a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style |
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realist |
Noun
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a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly |
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rent collector |
Noun
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a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner |
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real estate broker |
Noun
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a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land |
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renter |
Noun
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an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person |
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renter |
Noun
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someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else |
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real estate agent |
Noun
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a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land |
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rentier |
Noun
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someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments |
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repairman |
Noun
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a skilled worker whose job is to repair things |
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repatriate |
Noun
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a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored |
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repatriate |
Verb
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admit back into the country |
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repatriate |
Verb
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send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees |
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rear admiral |
Noun
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an admiral junior to a vice admiral |
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reasoner |
Noun
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someone who reasons logically |
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reporter |
Noun
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a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories |
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ratiocinator |
Noun
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someone who reasons logically |
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refuter |
Noun
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a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument |
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rescuer |
Noun
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someone who saves something from danger or violence |
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rescuer |
Noun
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a person who rescues you from harm or danger |
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receptionist |
Noun
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an employee whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors, typically located behind the front desk |
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recoverer |
Noun
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someone who saves something from danger or violence |
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recidivist |
Noun
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someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior |
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recidivist |
Noun
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someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) |
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research director |
Noun
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a supervisor in a research center |
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reversionist |
Noun
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someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior |
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research worker |
Noun
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a scientist who devotes himself to doing research |
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recitalist |
Noun
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a musician who gives recitals |
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researcher |
Noun
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a scientist who devotes himself to doing research |
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reciter |
Noun
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someone who recites from memory |
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reservist |
Noun
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a member of a military reserve |
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record-breaker |
Noun
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someone who breaks a record |
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record-holder |
Noun
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someone who breaks a record |
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resident commissioner |
Noun
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the representative of Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives |
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recorder player |
Noun
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someone who plays the recorder |
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respecter |
Noun
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a person who respects someone or something |
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recruit |
Verb
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cause to assemble or enlist in the military |