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philatelist
• the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an
investment, ( ); The philatelist is found in every civilized
country, and the collection of postage stamps, used and unused, grows apace;
pugilist
• a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional,
( ); He set himself square like a pugilist, which was his notion of
resistance. — Phoebe, Junior;
tailor = seamster : sartorial
• (tailor)- one that makes, repairs, and alters garments such as suits, coats,
and dresses; It tells of a mother who wants her daughter to marry a tailor,
and not wait for her sailor bold. — Charles Dickens and Music;
• (seamster)- a tailor; My wife is a seamster, my auntie a cook I do janitor
work or comon labor. — The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919;
• (sartorial)- of or pertaining to tailors or their trade, ( );
Some of us have failed to point out the Emperor's lack of clothes, whilst others
have been busy praising his sartorial elegance;
sentinel = sentry
• (sentry, sentinel)- a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching,
( ); In a few moments the sentry was alone in the trench. — Punch, or the
London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916;
vintner
• a person who makes wine or sells wines, ( ); From the corner of
his eye he observed that the vintner was studying him. — The Goose Girl;
fisher : piscatorial
• (fisher)- one that fishes, as a person or ship engaged in fishing;
• (piscatorial)- of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing, ( );
His piscatorial aspirations extended beyond the grave. — Camps, Quarters,
and Casual Places;
numismatist
• (numismatist)- person who collects coins, ( ); For gold
coins and bars, ask an accredited gold appraiser or numismatist;
calligrapher : orthography : cursive = longhand : hieroglyphic
• (calligrapher)- one skilled in calligraphy;
• (orthography)- the art of writing words with the proper letters, according
to accepted usage; correct spelling, ( ); Our ancestors
were not particular in orthography, and often spelt according to the ear. " —
Notes and Queries, Number 72, March 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication
for Literary Men;