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luminary collapse: a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries"

angle collapse: a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians; fish with a hook; move or proceed at an angle; "he angled his way into the room"

concordance collapse: an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts

perfectionist collapse: a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards

superintendent collapse: a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector

community collapse: (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other; a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"; a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common; "the Christian community of the apostolic age"; "he was well known throughout the Catholic community"; a group of nations having common interests; "they hoped to join the NATO community"; common ownership; "they shared a community of possessions"; agreement as to goals; "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"

writer collapse: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay); a person who is able to write and has written something

pirate collapse: a ship that is manned by pirates; someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation; copy illegally; of published material

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

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)

brownie collapse: square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts; a junior Girl Scout

parrot collapse: usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds; a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated; repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words"

factitious collapse: not produced by natural forces; "brokers created a factitious demand for stocks"

manfully collapse: in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man; "having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her burden and prepared to break up yet another home"

octet collapse: a musical composition written for eight performers; eight people considered as a unit; a set of eight similar things considered as a unit; eight performers or singers who perform together

puppet collapse: a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers; a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer

gem collapse: art highly prized for its beauty or perfection; a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"

entrench collapse: fix firmly or securely; occupy a trench or secured area; "The troops dug in for the night"

stooge collapse: act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner; "He stooged for the flamboyant Senator"; act as the stooge; "His role was to stooge for the popular comedian"; cruise in slow or routine flights

beggar collapse: a pauper who lives by begging; reduce to beggary; be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!"

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