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police detective |
Noun
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a police officer who investigates crimes |
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pathologist |
Noun
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a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis |
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potentate |
Noun
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a ruler who is unconstrained by law |
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populist |
Noun
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an advocate of democratic principles |
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population scientist |
Noun
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a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics |
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pedagogue |
Noun
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someone who educates young people |
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pedagog |
Noun
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someone who educates young people |
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public executioner |
Noun
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an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant |
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prohibitionist |
Noun
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a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages |
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peculator |
Noun
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someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use |
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playwright |
Noun
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someone who writes plays |
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peon |
Noun
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a laborer who is obliged to do menial work |
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poet-singer |
Noun
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a singer of folk songs |
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predestinationist |
Noun
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anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny |
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Padre |
Noun
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`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church) |
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padder |
Noun
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a highwayman who robs on foot |
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prognosticator |
Noun
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someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) |
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patrolman |
Noun
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a policeman who patrols a given region |
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pansy |
Noun
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offensive term for an openly homosexual man |
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pansy |
Noun
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a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive |
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pansy |
Noun
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large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors |
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poof |
Noun
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offensive term for an openly homosexual man |
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poove |
Noun
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offensive term for an openly homosexual man |
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phalangist |
Noun
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a Spanish member of General Franco's political party |
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progenitor |
Noun
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an ancestor in the direct line |
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primogenitor |
Noun
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an ancestor in the direct line |
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professional golfer |
Noun
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someone who earns a living by playing or teaching golf |
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prison guard |
Noun
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someone who guards prisoners |
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protagonist |
Noun
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the principal character in a work of fiction |
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protagonist |
Noun
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a person who backs a politician or a team etc. |
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pooh-bah |
Noun
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an arrogant or conceited person of importance |
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primary care provider |
Noun
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a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability |
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paynim |
Noun
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a heathen |
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pensionary |
Noun
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a person who works only for money |
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pensionary |
Noun
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the beneficiary of a pension fund |
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pleasure seeker |
Noun
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someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures |
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personage |
Noun
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a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events |
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personage |
Noun
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another word for person |
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pseud |
Noun
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a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
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pretender |
Noun
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a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler, usually without just title |
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pretender |
Noun
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a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives |
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pretender |
Noun
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a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
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pundit |
Noun
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someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field |
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plantsman |
Noun
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an expert in the science of cultivating plants |
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polymath |
Noun
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a person of great and varied learning |
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provoker |
Noun
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someone who deliberately foments trouble |
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police lieutenant |
Noun
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an officer in a police force |
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peace officer |
Noun
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an officer of the law |
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peeress |
Noun
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a woman of the peerage in Britain |
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property owner |
Noun
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a holder or proprietor of land |