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translator collapse: a program that translates one programming language into another; a person who translates written messages from one language to another

demonstrator collapse: someone who participates in a public display of group feeling; someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer; a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught

ghost collapse: a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"; the visible disembodied soul of a dead person; write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?"; move like a ghost; "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard"

cynic collapse: someone who is critical of the motives of others; a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control

journalism collapse: the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media; newspapers and magazines collectively

interpreter collapse: (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time; someone who mediates between speakers of different languages; someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles"

knocker collapse: a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door; a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance); "open the door and see who the knocker is"; (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person

lexicographer collapse: a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language

typescript collapse: typewritten matter especially a typewritten copy of a manuscript

caviling collapse: quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics"

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

hypercritical collapse: inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality"

autograph collapse: a person's own signature; something written by one's own hand; mark with one's signature; "The author autographed his book"

writing collapse: the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing"; the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"; letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"; the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"; (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"

parchment collapse: skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on; a superior paper resembling sheepskin

captious collapse: tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"

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