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alderman
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n 1: a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city
council); "aldermen usually represent city wards"
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amen
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n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath;
worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon,
Amun]
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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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chairwoman
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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]
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charwoman
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n 1: 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]
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clergyman
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n 1: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the
Christian Church [syn: clergyman, reverend, man of the
cloth] [ant: layman, layperson, secular]
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committeewoman
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n 1: a woman who is a member of a committee
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common
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adj 1: belonging to or participated in by a community as a
whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are
set aside for use by all members of a community" [ant:
individual, single]
2: having no special distinction or quality; widely known or
commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the
common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common
nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common
knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a
common brand of soap" [ant: uncommon]
3: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common
friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn:
common, mutual]
4: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint";
"the usual greeting" [syn: common, usual]
5: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday
language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular
speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical
and vulgar names for an animal species" [syn: common,
vernacular, vulgar]
6: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common
people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that
branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar
and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn:
common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed]
7: of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye
are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used
by the poorer population" [syn: coarse, common]
8: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse
manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as
common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth
soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste
for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn:
coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar]
9: to be expected; standard; "common decency"
n 1: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
"they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons,
common, green]
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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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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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famine
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n 1: an acute insufficiency [syn: dearth, famine,
shortage]
2: a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting
in violent hunger and starvation and death
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lawman
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n 1: an officer of the law [syn: lawman, law officer, peace
officer]
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lemon
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n 1: yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
2: a strong yellow color [syn: gamboge, lemon, lemon
yellow, maize]
3: a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely
cultivated for its fruit [syn: lemon, lemon tree, Citrus
limon]
4: a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
5: an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or
unsatisfactory [syn: lemon, stinker]
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mountain
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n 1: a land mass that projects well above its surroundings;
higher than a hill [syn: mountain, mount]
2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money";
"he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the
winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost
plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal,
hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint,
mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty,
pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate,
stack, tidy sum, wad]
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often
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adv 1: many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup
of coffee" [syn: frequently, often, oftentimes,
oft, ofttimes] [ant: infrequently, rarely,
seldom]
2: frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I
don't travel much" [syn: much, a great deal, often]
3: in many cases or instances
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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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summon
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v 1: call in an official matter, such as to attend court [syn:
summon, summons, cite]
2: ask to come; "summon a lawyer"
3: gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do
something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your
courage" [syn: muster, rally, summon, come up,
muster up]
4: make ready for action or use; "marshal resources" [syn:
mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon]
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uncommon
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adj 1: not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in
amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon
birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these
months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an
uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to
his mother's uncommon character and ability" [ant:
common]
2: marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or
extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in
June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of
humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree" [syn: rare,
uncommon]
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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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brahmin
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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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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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amon
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n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath;
worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon,
Amun]
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churchwoman
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ammon
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quintan
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aman
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ahmann
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dahman
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rahman
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bahman
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roscommon
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