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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.

 

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