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Amateur

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Pursues a study or sport as a pastime rather than as a profession

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Agnostic

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Believes the existence of god is impossible to prove

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Anarchist

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Encourages revolt against established laws or government

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Aristocrat

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Belongs to the highest or most privileged class in society

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Ascetic

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Practices self discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence

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Authoritarian

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Expects unquestioned obedience

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Autocrat

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Rules with complete power and authority

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Avenger

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Seeks justice or revenge

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Bard

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A poet

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Belittler

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Takes away the importance of another person or situation

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Benefactor

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Helps people or institutions esp with financial help

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Beneficiary

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Person or group that receives funds or other benefits

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Boor

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Rude clumsy and lacking social manners

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Bourgeois

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Belongs to the middle class

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Buffoon

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Amuses others by joking or clowning around

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Bureaucrat

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Official in a government or other administrative group

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Cartographer

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Person who makes maps

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Cavalier

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Man who is chivalrous and gallant

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Charlatan

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Falsely claims to posses skills or knowledge; an imposter

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Chronicler

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Keeps a record of events

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Clairvoyant

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Can see the supernatural such as spirits or the future

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Colleague

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A person that one works with in the same field or profession

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Combatant

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A person who fights

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Compatriot

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Person from your own country

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Connoisseur

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Expert critic in a certain field

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Constituent

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A citizen who is represented in a government by an elected official

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Courtier

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Member of a royal court or a person who seeks favor through excessive flattery

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Curator

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Manages a muesum

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Defector

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Deserts a country or group in order to join another country or group

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Demagogue

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Political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices

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Derelict

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Without a home job or propertty

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Despoiler

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Steals goods

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Despot

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A ruler with complete power

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Devotee

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An ardent follower and admirer

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Dignitary

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Has a high ranking positon

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Dissembler

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Conceals his real feelings by professing false beliefs

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Dilettante

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Engages in An activity without serious intentions like art

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Egotist

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Conceited boastful and self centered

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Emancipator

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Frees others from bondage

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Emissary

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Sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

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Entrepreneur

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Organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it

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Expatriate

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Lives outside his own country often to renounce allegiance

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Explicator

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Explains or interepts

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Glutton

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Eats too much or who has an extreme capacity or sonething

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Gourmand

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Enjoys eating good food

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Hedonist

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Dedicated to the pursuit of pleasure

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Iconoclast

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Attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions

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Ingenue

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An artless innocent young girl

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Insinuator

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Gives hints or suggestions in a sky manner

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Interlocutor

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Takes parts in a conversation

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Layperson

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Not a member of the clergy or a particular profession

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Lobbyist

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Persuades legislators to vote in favor of a specific cause

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Martinet

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Rigidly demands that rules are followed; a strict displinarian

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Matriarch

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THe female head of a family

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Maverick

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Chooses to be independent in behavior or thought

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Mediator

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Negotiates or settles disagreements between parties

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Mercenary

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Hired to fight for a country other than his own

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Misanthrope

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Hates and distrusts mankind

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Miscreant

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Evil or villainous

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Miser

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A stingy person who lives in miserable conditions in order to save money

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Missionary

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Sent on a religious or charitable mission

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Mogul

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Wealthy or powerful person

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Muse

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Is the source of an artists inspiration

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Narcissist

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Has excessive love or admiration of self

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Naysayer

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Always expresses a negative attitude

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Nomad

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Without a permanent home, wanders from place to place

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Obstructionist

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Purposely blocks progress

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Oracle

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Can see the future

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Pariah

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Rejected; an outcast

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Patriarch

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The male head of a family

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Patron

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Customer

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Philanthropist

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Makes charitable donations intended to increase human well being

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Popularizer

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Makes something popular with the general public

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Populist

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Supports the rights and powers of the common people

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Prig

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Regarded an arrogant and annoying

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Prodigy

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Person often a child who extraordinarily gifted or talented

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Proponent

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Supports a cause; an advocate

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Proprietor

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Owner of a business

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Protégé

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Receives training protection or care from an influential person

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Prude

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Excessively concerned about proper behavior

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Pugilist

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Fights with his fists a boxer

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Pundit

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Critic or expert

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Reactionary

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Extremely conservative; an opponent or progress or liberalism

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Recluse

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Withdraws from society to live seclusion

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Sage

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Very wise

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Savant

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Learned extensive knowledge

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Scribe

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Journalist or other writer

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Sycophant

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Flatters others in order to gain personal favor; a brown noser

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Toady

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Flatters others in order to gain personal favor ; a brown noser

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Totalitarian

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Leader of a government had has total control and authority of the people

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Troubadour

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Traveling singer

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Understudy

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An actor to replace a regular performer when required

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Usurper

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Wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds place of another

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Utilitarian

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Believes that the value of something depends on its usefulness

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Utopian

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Believes in an ideal society achieved through social reform

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Virtuoso

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Mastered a certain skill or field

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Reformist

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Favors reform

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Reviler

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Uses abusive language

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Ruffian

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Tough violent person

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Rumormonger

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Spreads rumors and gossip

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