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timeserver collapse: one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage

procurator collapse: (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes

chameleon collapse: lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue; a changeable or inconstant person

amicus curiae collapse: an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest

backup collapse: (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased"; an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage; "a traffic backup on the main street"; "he discovered a backup in the toilet"

alter ego collapse: a very close and trusted friend who seems almost a part of yourself

vicar collapse: a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman; (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish; (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel

exponent collapse: a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself; someone who expounds and interprets or explains

understudy collapse: an actor able to replace a regular performer when required; be an understudy or alternate for a role

pastor collapse: only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus

vice collapse: a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community"

pope collapse: the head of the Roman Catholic Church; English poet and satirist (1688-1744)

neigh collapse: the characteristic sounds made by a horse; make a characteristic sound, of a horse

moo collapse: the sound made by a cow or bull; make a low noise, characteristic of bovines

meow collapse: the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this); cry like a cat; "the cat meowed"

beep collapse: a short high tone produced as a signal or warning; call, summon, or alert with a beeper

substitute collapse: a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another; an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"; act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"

bleat collapse: the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this); cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating"; talk whiningly

bishop collapse: (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color; port wine mulled with oranges and cloves; a clergyman having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve apostles of Christ

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