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acolyte collapse: someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches

mastermind collapse: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

artist collapse: a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

beadle collapse: a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services; United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)

graduate collapse: a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts; confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year"; receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990"

expert collapse: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

elder collapse: a person who is older than you are; any of various church officers; any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit; used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr."

doctor collapse: children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office; "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"; a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"; a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"; give medical treatment to

padrone collapse: an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S.; an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy

philosopher collapse: a specialist in philosophy; a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity

reader collapse: one of a series of texts for students learning to read; a person who enjoys reading; a person who can read; a literate person

former collapse: the first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"

earlier collapse: (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"; earlier in time; previously; "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier"

dodo collapse: extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons; someone whose style is out of fashion

Nestor collapse: a genus of Psittacidae; (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy

dotard collapse: an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect

sahib collapse: formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name

authority collapse: official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times"; the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"; an authoritative written work; "this book is the final authority on the life of Milton"; an expert whose views are taken as definitive; "he is an authority on corporate law"; (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew"

anterior collapse: earlier in time; of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body

clerk collapse: an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts); work as a clerk, as in the legal business

pantaloon collapse: trousers worn in former times; a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man; a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes

prior collapse: the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot

dad collapse: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

undersecretary collapse: a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government

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