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Hercules collapse: a large constellation in the northern hemisphere between Lyra and Corona Borealis; (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality

auteur collapse: a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works

stage manager collapse: someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed

showman collapse: a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments; a person skilled at making effective presentations

boy collapse: (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man; "get out of my way, boy"; a friendly informal reference to a grown man; "he likes to play golf with the boys"

pretender collapse: a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)

scholar collapse: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines; a student who holds a scholarship

offspring collapse: something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"; the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"

master of ceremonies collapse: a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)

antediluvian collapse: any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge; so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"; of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; "antediluvian man"

cobbler collapse: tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit; a person who makes or repairs shoes

barker collapse: someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers

classicist collapse: an artistic person who adheres to classicism; a student of ancient Greek and Latin

pygmy collapse: any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet; an unusually small individual

powerhouse collapse: a team considered to be the best of its class; a highly energetic and indefatigable person

clay collapse: United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852); United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978); a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired

primate collapse: any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet

thinker collapse: an important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th century"; someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)

man collapse: game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"; one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea; an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"; a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man"; an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"; the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself"; a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"; provide with men; "We cannot man all the desks"; take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"

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