Word Meanings - APOTHEGMATIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A collector or maker of apothegms. Pope.
Related words: (words related to APOTHEGMATIST)
- COLLECTORATE
The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship. - COLLECTOR
An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll. A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors, and other officers. Sir W. Temple. 4. One authorized to collect debts. 5. A bachelor of arts - MAKER
The person who makes a promissory note. 3. One who writes verses; a poet. Note: "The Greeks named the poet poihth`s, which name, as the most excellent, hath gone through other languages. It cometh of this word poiei^n, make; wherein, I know not - COLLECTORSHIP
The office of a collector of customs or of taxes. - MANTUAMAKER
One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker. - BOOTMAKER
One who makes boots. -- Boot"mak`ing, n. - BRICKMAKER
One whose occupation is to make bricks. -- Brick"mak*ing, n. - SAILMAKER
One whose occupation is to make or repair sails. -- Sail"mak`ing, n. - WIDOW-MAKER
One who makes widows by destroying husbands. Shak. - MATCHMAKER
1. One who makes matches for burning or kinding. 2. One who tries to bring about marriages. - GLASS MAKER; GLASSMAKER
One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing, or Glass"mak`ing, n. - ROADMAKER
One who makes roads. - HAYMAKER
1. One who cuts and cures hay. 2. A machine for curing hay in rainy weather. - WATCHMAKER
One whose occupation is to make and repair watches. - PEACEMAKER
One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. Matt. v. 9. --Peace"mak`ing, n. - WAYMAKER
One who makes a way; a precursor. Bacon. - STAYMAKER
One whose occupation is to make stays. - MERRYMAKER
One who makes merriment or indulges in conviviality; a jovial comrade. - TENTMAKER
One whose occupation it is to make tents. Acts xviii. 3. - SHOEMAKER
1. One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots. The threadfish. The runner, 12. - BOOKMAKER
A betting man who "makes a book." See To make a book, under Book, n. (more info) 1. One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler.