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bookmaker
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n 1: a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds
books
2: a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse
races) [syn: bookmaker, bookie]
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acre
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n 1: a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking
countries
2: a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
3: a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern
Mediterranean [syn: Acre, Akko, Akka, Accho]
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baker
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n 1: someone who bakes commercially
2: someone who bakes bread or cake [syn: baker, bread maker]
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breaker
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n 1: a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone [syn:
breaker, ledgeman]
2: waves breaking on the shore [syn: surf, breaker,
breakers]
3: a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when
overloaded [syn: circuit breaker, breaker]
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cabinetmaker
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n 1: a woodworker who specializes in making furniture [syn:
cabinetmaker, furniture maker]
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caretaker
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n 1: a custodian who is hired to take care of something
(property or a person)
2: an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily;
"he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be
elected"
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cur
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n 1: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur,
mongrel, mutt]
2: a cowardly and despicable person
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dressmaker
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n 1: someone who makes or mends dresses [syn: dressmaker,
modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress]
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faker
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n 1: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter,
impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham,
shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player]
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filmmaker
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n 1: a producer of motion pictures [syn: film maker,
filmmaker, film producer, movie maker]
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glassmaker
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n 1: someone who makes glass
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haymaker
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n 1: a farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even
drying [syn: haymaker, hay conditioner]
2: a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue
boxing [syn: haymaker, knockout punch, KO punch,
Sunday punch]
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maker
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n 1: a person who makes things [syn: maker, shaper]
2: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead,
Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty,
Almighty, Jehovah]
3: a business engaged in manufacturing some product [syn:
manufacturer, maker, manufacturing business]
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matchmaker
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n 1: someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for
others [syn: matchmaker, matcher, marriage broker]
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nacre
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n 1: the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell [syn:
mother-of-pearl, nacre]
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pacemaker
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n 1: a leading instance in its field; "the new policy will be a
pacesetter in community relations" [syn: pacesetter,
pacemaker]
2: a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
[syn: pacemaker, cardiac pacemaker, sinoatrial node,
SA node]
3: an implanted electronic device that takes over the function
of the natural cardiac pacemaker [syn: pacemaker,
artificial pacemaker]
4: a horse used to set the pace in racing [syn: pacer,
pacemaker, pacesetter]
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peacemaker
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n 1: someone who tries to bring peace [syn: conciliator,
make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler]
2: a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds
per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and
the Korean War [syn: Browning machine gun, Peacemaker]
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Quaker
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n 1: a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by
George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves
Quakers) [syn: Friend, Quaker]
2: one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear [syn:
quaker, trembler]
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shaker
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n 1: a person who wields power and influence; "a shaker of
traditional beliefs"; "movers and shakers in the business
world" [syn: shaker, mover and shaker]
2: a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal
living and common possession of property and separation from
the world
3: a container in which something can be shaken
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taker
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n 1: one who accepts an offer
2: one who takes a bet or wager
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toolmaker
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n 1: someone skilled in making or repairing tools
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wanamaker
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n 1: United States businessman whose business grew into one of
the first department stores (1838-1922) [syn: Wanamaker,
John Wanamaker]
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boilermaker
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raker
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bakker
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staker
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achor
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aker
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laker
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saker
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drugmaker
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toymaker
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studebaker
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gunmaker
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