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an
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n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
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bowman
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n 1: a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow [syn:
archer, bowman]
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businesswoman
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n 1: a female businessperson
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chairman
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n 1: the officer who presides at the meetings of an
organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
[syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair,
chairperson]
v 1: act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a
university; "She chaired the department for many years"
[syn: chair, chairman]
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congresswoman
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n 1: a member of the United States House of Representatives
[syn: congressman, congresswoman, representative]
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councilwoman
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n 1: a woman who is a council member
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countryman
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n 1: a man from your own country
2: a man who lives in the country and has country ways [syn:
countryman, ruralist]
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countrywoman
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n 1: a woman who lives in the country and has country ways
2: a woman from your own country
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cowman
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n 1: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on
horseback [syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher,
cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd]
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crewman
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n 1: any member of a ship's crew [syn: sailor, crewman]
2: a member of a flight crew [syn: crewman, crew member]
3: a member of a work crew
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dairyman
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n 1: the owner or manager of a dairy [syn: dairyman, dairy
farmer]
2: a man who works in a dairy
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demon
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n 1: an evil supernatural being [syn: devil, fiend, demon,
daemon, daimon]
2: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend,
devil, demon, ogre]
3: someone extremely diligent or skillful; "he worked like a
demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math"
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doorman
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n 1: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper,
doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter,
gatekeeper, ostiary]
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fireman
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n 1: play in which children pretend to put out a fire
2: a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or
steamship) [syn: stoker, fireman]
3: a pitcher who does not start the game [syn: reliever,
relief pitcher, fireman]
4: a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
[syn: fireman, firefighter, fire fighter, fire-eater]
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foreman
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n 1: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want
to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn:
foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss]
2: a man who is foreperson of a jury
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freeman
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n 1: a person who is not a serf or a slave [syn: freeman,
freewoman]
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human
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adj 1: characteristic of humanity; "human nature"
2: relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6
monkeys and 2 human subjects"
3: having human form or attributes as opposed to those of
animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body";
"human kindness"; "human frailty" [ant: nonhuman]
n 1: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech,
and erect carriage [syn: homo, man, human being,
human]
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hymen
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the god of marriage
2: a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the
vagina of a virgin [syn: hymen, maidenhead, virginal
membrane]
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layman
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n 1: someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
[syn: layman, layperson, secular] [ant: clergyman,
man of the cloth, reverend]
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lumen
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n 1: a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given
out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source
of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all
directions [syn: lumen, lm]
2: a cavity or passage in a tubular organ; "the lumen of the
intestine"
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ploughman
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n 1: a man who plows [syn: plowman, ploughman, plower]
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seaman
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n 1: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman,
tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob,
sea dog]
2: muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad
conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922) [syn: Seaman,
Elizabeth Seaman, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, Nellie
Bly]
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semen
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n 1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is
ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed,
seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come]
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shaman
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n 1: in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium
between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery
for healing or divination [syn: shaman, priest-doctor]
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woman
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n 1: an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman
kept house while the man hunted" [syn: woman, adult
female] [ant: adult male, man]
2: a female person who plays a significant role (wife or
mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he
was faithful to his woman" [ant: man]
3: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean
the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day
while I write" [syn: charwoman, char, cleaning woman,
cleaning lady, woman]
4: women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood";
"woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on
the veranda" [syn: womanhood, woman, fair sex]
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brahman
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n 1: a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a
descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston
brahman" [syn: brahman, brahmin]
2: a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally
all brahmans were priests" [syn: brahman, brahmin]
3: the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal
category [syn: brahman, brahmin]
4: any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large
American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved
in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now
used chiefly for crossbreeding [syn: Brahman, Brahma,
Brahmin, Bos indicus]
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limen
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n 1: the smallest detectable sensation [syn: threshold,
limen]
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mormon
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon
Church; "Mormon leaders"; "the former Mormon practice of
polygamy"
n 1: the ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph
Smith who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints
2: a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
[syn: Latter-Day Saint, Mormon]
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norman
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Normandy; "Norman
beaches"
2: of or relating to or characteristic of the Normans; "the
Norman Invasion in 1066"
n 1: United States operatic soprano (born in 1945) [syn:
Norman, Jessye Norman]
2: Australian golfer (born in 1955) [syn: Norman, Greg
Norman, Gregory John Norman]
3: an inhabitant of Normandy
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plowman
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n 1: a man who plows [syn: plowman, ploughman, plower]
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simon
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n 1: one of the twelve Apostles (first century) [syn: Simon,
St. Simon, Simon Zelotes, Simon the Zealot, Simon
the Canaanite]
2: United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942) [syn:
Simon, Paul Simon]
3: United States playwright noted for light comedies (born in
1927) [syn: Simon, Neil Simon, Marvin Neil Simon]
4: United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the
development of cognitive science (1916-2001) [syn: Simon,
Herb Simon, Herbert A. Simon, Herbert Alexander Simon]
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bauman
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baumann
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boughman
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bouwman
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lauman
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laumann
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loughman
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nauman
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naumann
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