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child, baby, infant, innocent, milksop, sop.

oaf, lout, loon, lown[obs3], dullard, doodle, calf, colt, buzzard, block, put, stick, stock, numps[obs3], tony.

bull head, dunderhead, addlehead[obs3], blockhead, dullhead[obs3], loggerhead, jolthead[obs3], jolterhead[obs3], beetlehead[obs3], beetlebrain, grosshead[obs3], muttonhead, noodlehead, giddyhead[obs3]; numbskull, thickskull[obs3]; lackbrain[obs3], shallowbrain[obs3]; dimwit, halfwit, lackwit[obs3]; dunderpate[obs3]; lunkhead

sawney[obs3][U.S.], gowk[obs3]; clod, clod-hopper; clod-poll, clot-poll, clot-pate; bull calf; gawk, Gothamite, lummox, rube [U.S.]; men of Boeotia, wise men of Gotham.

un sot a triple etage[Fr], sot; jobbernowl[obs3], changeling, mooncalf, gobemouche[obs3].

dotard, driveler; old fogey, old woman, crock; crone, grandmother; cotquean[obs3], henhussy[obs3].

incompetent (insanity) 503.

greenhorn &c. (dupe) 547; dunce &c. (ignoramus) 493; lubber &c. (bungler) 701; madman &c. 504.

one who will not set the Thames on fire; one who did not invent gunpowder, qui n'a pas invente' la poudre [Fr]; no conjuror.

Phr. fortuna favet fatuis[Lat]; les fous font les festinas et les sages les mangent [Fr]; nomina stultorum parietibus harrent [Lat]; stultorum plena sunt omnia [Lat][Cicero].
P2.3.2.3.2.4.11 Child (R129)

#129. Child.

N. {{trait_of(youth, R127, P2.2.3.2.1)}} {{antonym_of(adult)}} child, youngster, youth, bairn[Scot.], little one; minor, person of minor age.

infant, babe, baby, babe in arms; nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling; papoose, bambino.

{{property_of(unborn)}] foetus, fetus.

kid, brat, urchin, chit; bantling, bratling[obs3]; elf.

{{has_subtype(negro)}} pickaninny.

{{has_property(male)}} boy, lad, stripling, youngun, whipper-snapper, younker[obs3], callant[obs3], whipster[obs3], whiffet [obs3][U.S.].

{{has_property(female)}} girl; lass, lassie; damsel, demoiselle; maid, maiden; virgin; wench; hoyden.

{{has_property(male)}} schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet.

{{trait_of(adolescence, @P2.2.3.2.3)}} teen, teenager, adolescent.

scion, descendent, heir.

{{has_property(male)}} {{has_subtype(title)}} master.

{{has_property(female)}} {{has_subtype(title)}} miss.

{[of(plant)]} sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch.

{[of(fowl)]} nestling, chicken, pullet.

{[of(insect)]} larva, chrysalis.

{[of(frog)]} tadpole.

whelp.

cub.

{{has_metaphor}} calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin[obs3].

aurelia[obs3], caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha[obs3], orphan, pupa, staddle[obs3].

[ref: age, R128, P1.1.2.2 Time relative to a Period].

immature, callow.

teen, teenage.

in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings; at the breast; in one's teens.

sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian.

old stager; dotard &c. 501.

preadamite[obs3], Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr.

elders; forefathers &c. (paternity) 166.

{{has_subtype[property: illness]}} crock[derog]; crut[derog].

[ref: age, R128, P1.1.2.2 Time relative to a Period].

Phr. "superfluous lags the veteran on the stage" [Johnson].
P2.3.2.3.2.4.13 Fop (R854)

#854. Fop. -- N. fop, fine gentleman; swell; dandy, dandiprat[obs2]; exquisite, coxcomb, beau, macaroni, blade, blood, buck, man about town, fast man; fribble, jemmy, spark, popinjay, puppy, prig[obs2], petit maitre; jackanapes, jackadandy; man milliner[obs2]; Jemmy Jessamy[obs2], carpet knight; masher, dude.

fine lady, coquette; flirt, vamp.

P2.3.2.3.2.4.14 Laughingstock (R857) {{trait_of(ridiculousness)}}.

#857. [Object and cause of ridicule.] Laughingstock. -- N. laughingstock, jestingstock[obs3], gazingstock[obs3]; butt, game, fair game; April fool &c. (dupe) 547[obs3].

original, oddity; queer fish, odd fish; quiz, square toes; old monkey, old fogey, fogey monkey, fogy monkey; buffoon &c. (jester) 844; pantomimist &c. (actor) 599.

schlemiel.

jest &c. (wit) 842.

perfectionist, nitpicker[coll.], fussbudget[coll.].

snob[context: social status].

{{trait_of(epicurism)}} epicure, gourmet, gastronome [context: food/eating].

{{trait_of(prudery)}} prude, puritan, prig[context: sexual mores].
P2.3.2.3.2.4.16 Knave R941 {{trait_of(dishonor, R940)}}.

#941. Knave. -- N. knave, rogue; Scapin[obs3], rascal; Lazarillo de Tormes; blackguard &c. 949; barrater[obs3], barrator[obs3]; shyster [U.S..].

traitor, betrayer, archtraitor[obs3], conspirator, Judas, Catiline; reptile, serpent, snake in the grass, wolf in sheep's clothing, sneak, Jerry Sneak, squealer*, tell-tale, mischief-maker; trimmer, fence-sitter, renegade &c. (tergiversation) 607; truant, recreant; sycophant &c. (servility) 886.

{{similar_to: villain, bad man &c. R949}}.

{{has_trait: Improbity, dishonesty, dishonor, R940, @M9.3.3}}.

twin, fellow companion, pair, mate, identical twin, double, counterpart; brother, sister; one's second self, alter ego, chip off the old block, par nobile fratrum[Lat], Arcades ambo[obs3], birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne[Lat]; gens de meme famille[Fr].

{{similar_to: expert, R700, P2.3.2.3.2.4.19}}.

connoisseur &c. (scholar) 492.

{[of(ballet)]} prima donna[Sp], first fiddle, top gun, chef de cuisine, top sawyer; protagonist; mahatma.

dab; dabster[obs3].

picked man; medallist, prizeman[obs3].

veteran; old stager, old campaigner, old soldier, old file, old hand; man of business, man of the world.

natural, nice hand, good hand, clean hand.

practiced hand, experienced eye, experienced hand, past master.

{[of(marksmanship)}} marksman, sharpshooter, good shot, dead shot, crack shot.

rope-dancer, funambulist[obs3], acrobat; cunning man; conjuror &c. (deceiver) 548; wizard &c. 994.

genius; mastermind, master head, master spirit.

cunning blade, sharp blade, sharp fellow; jobber; cracksman &c. (thief) 792[obs3]; politician, tactician, strategist.

pantologist[obs3], admirable Crichton, Jack of all trades; prodigy of learning.

{{similar_to: champion, P2.3.2.3.2.4.18}}.

no conjurer, flat, muff, slow coach, looby[obs3], lubber, swab; clod, yokel, awkward squad, blanc-bec; galoot[obs3].

land lubber; fresh water sailor, fair weather sailor; horse marine; fish out of water, ass in lion's skin, jackdaw in peacock's feathers; quack &c. (deceiver) 548; lord of misrule.

sloven, slattern, trapes[obs3].

amateur, novice, greenhorn (learner) 541.

Phr. il n'a pas invente' la poudre[Fr]; he will never set the Thames on fire; acierta errando[Lat]; aliquis in omnibus nullus in singulis[Lat][obs3].
P2.3.2.3.2.4.21 Descendant

{{performed_by(posterity)}} descendant; butcha[obs3]; bantling, scion; acrospire[obs3], plumule[obs3], shoot, sprout, olive-branch, sprit[obs3], branch; off-shoot, off-set; ramification; heir, heiress, successor; heir-apparent, heir-presumptive; chip off the old block; heredity; next generation, rising generation, following generation.

{{plural}} posterity, progeny, breed, issue, offspring, brood, litter, seed, farrow, spawn, spat; family, heirs.

{{synonym: child, son, daughter; grandchildren, great-grandchild, @family relationships P2.3.2.3.2.2}}.

convert, apostate; pervert; renegade, traitor, turncoat.

wimp; cripple, old woman, muff, powder puff, creampuff, pussycat, mollycoddle.

eunuch.

paper tiger.

athlete, gymnast, acrobat; strong man, weight lifter, he-man; hunk.

{{has_instance}} superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath; tower of strength; giant refreshed.

{{property_of(mythical): Cyclops; Hercules}}.

{{property_of(fictional): superman}}.

{{has_metaphor: superman, Atlas, Hercules}}.

maniac, berserk, berserker, wild man; homocidal maniac; cutthroat.

bully.

{{has_metaphor}} {{property_of(mythical)}} fury, dragon, demon.

beldame, Tisiphone[obs3], Megaera, Alecto[obs3], madcap, wild beast; fire eater &c. (blusterer) R887.

{{similar_to: bad man, R}}.
P2.3.2.3.2.4.26 nomad, transient {{trait_of(transience, R111)}}.

transient, transient boarder, transient guest [U.S.].

hobo, bum[coll], vagrant; homeless person.

nomad; wanderer.

dowdy, drab, slut, malkin[obs3], slattern, sloven, slammerkin[obs1], slammock[obs3], slummock[obs3], scrub, draggle-tail, mudlark[obs3], pig, dust-man, sweep; beast.

acquaintance, neighbor, next-door neighbor, casual acquaintance, nodding acquaintance; well-wisher.

favorer, fautor[obs3], patron, Mecaenas; tutelary saint, good genius, advocate, partisan, sympathizer; ally; friend in need &c. (auxiliary) 711.

comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade[obs3], confidante, intimate; old crony, crony; chum; pal; buddy, bosom buddy; playfellow, playmate, childhood friend; bedfellow, bedmate; chamber fellow.

associate, colleague, compeer.

schoolmate, schoolfellow[obs3]; classfellow[obs3], classman[obs3], classmate; roommate; fellow-man, stable companion.

best man, maid of honor, matron of honor.

compatriot; fellow countryman, countryman.

shopmate, fellow-worker, shipmate, messmate[obs3]; fellow companion, boon companion, pot companion; copartner, partner, senior partner, junior partner.

Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux[obs3], Nisus and Euryalus[Lat], Damon and Pythias, par nobile fratrum[Lat].

host, Amphitryon[obs3], Boniface; guest, visitor, protege.

public enemy, enemy to society.

with friends like that, who needs enemies?; "Lord protect me from my friends, I can protect myself from my enemies".

P2.3.2.3.2.4.30 Hustler

N. {{property_of(assiduousness, @R682)}} hustler.

housewife, busy bee; new brooms; sharp fellow, sharp blade; devotee, enthusiast; zealot, fanatic; meddler, intermeddler, intriguer, busybody, pickthank[obs3]; hummer, live man [U.S.], rustler * [U. S.].

good worker, top man; mover, a mover and a shaker.
P2.3.2.3.2.4.31 Materialist

{{property_of(materialism, @R316, @P2.1)}} materialist, somatist[obs3].

{{property_of(seniority, @R128, @P2.2.3.2.2)}} firstling, firstborn; oldest, eldest; ichiro[Jap], ichiban[Jap].

{{property_of(adulthood, R131a, P2.2.3.2.4)}} adult, grown-up, mature person.

{[in_frame(law)]} a person in his majority.

{{has_subtype(woman, R374)}} no chicken[coll.], no spring chicken[coll.].

{{has_subtype: man &c. 373; woman &c. 374}}.

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541. Learner (cf. communication of ideas)

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P2.3.2.3.2.5.1 agent (R690) [Person who does sOMETHING, GENERALlY] -- N.

doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator; initiator, instigator; executor, executrix; practitioner, worker, stager.

{{has_metaphor}} bee, ant, busy bee, working bee, termite, white ant.

laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum.

workman; working man; laboring man; demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy[obs3]; hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack; mere tool &c. 633; beast of burden, drudge, fag; lumper[obs3], roustabout.

{{property_of(skill)}} artisan; craftsman, handicraftsman; mechanic, operative.

maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan; carpenter; ganger, platelayer; blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright.

machinist, mechanician, engineer.

sempstress[obs3], semstress[obs3], seamstress; needlewoman[obs3], workwoman; tailor, cordwainer[obs3].

minister &c. (instrument) 631; servant &c. 746; representative &c. (commissioner) 758, (deputy) 759.

coworker, collaborator, party to, participator in, particeps criminis[Lat], dramatis personae[Lat]; personnel.

Phr. quorum pars magna fui [Lat][Vergil]; faber est quisque fortunae suae [Lat].

P2.3.2.3.2.5.2 WRITEr [person who writes, GENERALLY] --N.

writer, penman.

scribe, amanuensis, scrivener, secretary, clerk.

calligrapher.

copyist, transcriber, quill driver.

typist, stenographer, word processing secretary, typewriter[obs2].

writer for the press &c. [ref: author = P2.3.2.3.2.5.3].

{{uses: typewriter, pen, pencil, word processor}}.
P2.3.2.3.2.5.3 Author [person who writes a book or article] -- N.

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writer, author, authoress, litterateur[Fr].

{{has_subtype}} essayist; novelist; short-story writer; diarist; playwright; dramatist; poet; biographer; encyclopedist; lexicographer; scriptwiter; monographer.

co-author, coauthor, collaborator.

[coll.] pen, scribbler, the scribbling race; literary hack, Grub-street writer; adjective jerker[obs3], diaskeaust[obs3].

hack, hack writer, ink slinger, penny a liner, potboiler.

publicist; copywriter; adman.

{{has_subtype}}{{context: newspapers/magazines/periodicals/wire services}} reporter, journalist, newsman, newswoman; writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press; correspondent; war correspondent; columnist.

{{has_subtype(columnist)}} critic, reviewer; science writer, science reporter; travel editor; syndicated columnist.

{{has_subtype(critic)}} movie critic; music critic; drama critic; art critic; food critic, restaurant critic; literary critic; dance critic.

ghost, ghost writer.

editor, subeditor[obs3].

[ref: playwright &c. 599; poet &c. 597].

P2.3.2.3.2.5.4 Learner R541

beginner, tyro, amateur, rank amateur.

recruit, raw recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor[obs3], catechumen, probationer; seminarian, chela, fellow-commoner; debutant.

[apprentice medical doctors] intern; resident.

schoolboy; fresh, freshman, frosh; junior soph[obs3], junior; senior soph[obs3], senior; sophister[obs3], sophomore; questionist[obs3].

[college and university students] undergraduate; graduate student; law student; medical student; pre-med; post-doctoral student, post-doc; matriculated student; part-time student, night student, auditor.

[group of learners] {{member_of}} class, grade, seminar, form, remove; pupilage &c. (learning) 539.

disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte; fellow-student, condisciple[obs3].

{{has_high_quality}} grinder, crammer; wonk [derogatory], wombat[derogatory].

[place of learning: school &c. 542].

[people who calculate: numeration R85] arithmetician, calculator, abacist[obs3], algebraist, mathematician; statistician, geometer; programmer; accountant, auditor.

P2.3.2.3.2.5.7 Messenger R534

#534. Messenger. -- N. messenger, envoy, emissary, legate; nuncio, internuncio[obs3]; ambassador &c. (diplomatist) 758.

marshal, flag bearer, herald, crier, trumpeter, bellman[obs3], pursuivant[obs3], parlementaire[Fr], apparitor[obs3].

courier, runner; dak[obs3], estafette[obs3]; Mercury, Iris, Ariel[obs3].

commissionaire[Fr]; errand boy, chore boy; newsboy.

mail, overnight mail, express mail, next-day delivery; post, post office; letter bag; delivery service; United Parcel Service, UPS; Federal Express, Fedex.

telegraph, telephone; cable, wire (electronic information transmission); carrier pigeon.

[person reporting news: see news &c. 532] reporter, gentleman of the press, representative of the press; penny-a-liner; special correspondent, own correspondent; spy, scout; informer &c. 527.
P2.3.2.3.2.5.8 Musician R416

#416. Musician. [Performance of Music.( cf. perception, sound)] -- N. musician, artiste.

{{has_subtype}} performer, player, musical performer; composer.

minstrel; bard &c. (poet) 597.

[specific types of musicians] accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist; harper, fiddler, fifer[obs3], trumpeter, piper, drummer; catgut scraper.

band, orchestral waits.

vocalist, melodist; singer, warbler; songster, chaunter[obs3], chauntress[obs3], songstress; cantatrice[obs3].

choir, quire, chorister; chorus, chorus singer; liedertafel[Ger].

nightingale, philomel[obs3], thrush; siren; bulbul, mavis; Pierides; sacred nine; Orpheus, Apollo[obs3], the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore; tuneful nine, tuneful quire.

composer &c. 413.

performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization[obs3].

execute, perform; accompany; sing a second, play a second; compose, set to music, arrange.

sing, chaunt, chant, hum, warble, carol, chirp, chirrup, lilt, purl, quaver, trill, shake, twitter, whistle; sol-fa[obs3]; intone.

have an ear for music, have a musical ear, have a correct ear.

victim, pigeon, mark, April fool; jay*, sucker*; fall guy; laughingstock &c. 857; Cyclops, simple Simon, flat; greenhorn; fool &c. 501; puppet, cat's paw.

liar &c. (lie &c. 544); story-teller, perjurer, false witness, menteur a triple etage[Fr], Scapin[obs3]; bunko steerer* [U.S.], carpetbagger* [U.S.], capper* [U.S.], faker, fraud, four flusher*, horse coper[obs3], ringer*, spieler[obs3], straw bidder [U.S.].

imposter, pretender, soi-disant[Fr], humbug; adventurer; Cagliostro, Fernam Mendez Pinto; ass in lion's skin &c. (bungler) 701; actor &c. (stage player) 599.

quack, charlatan, mountebank, saltimbanco[obs3], saltimbanque[obs3], empiric, quacksalver, medicaster[obs3], Rosicrucian, gypsy; man of straw.

conjuror, juggler, trickster, prestidigitator, jockey; crimp, decoy, decoy duck; rogue, knave, cheat; swindler &c. (thief) 792; jobber.

Phr. "saint abroad and a devil at home" [Bunyan].
547. dupe (cf. communication of ideas)