benchmark | (noun) a standard by which something can be measured or judged | - |
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(noun) a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point | Synonyms: bench mark |
churchman | (noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: cleric, divine, ecclesiastic |
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coachman | (noun) a man who drives a coach (or carriage) | - |
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drachma | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Greece | Synonyms: Greek drachma |
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(noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachm, dram |
henchman | (noun) someone who assists in a plot | Synonyms: collaborator, confederate, partner in crime |
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matchmaker | (noun) someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others | Synonyms: marriage broker, matcher |
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matchmaking | (noun) mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others | - |
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pitchman | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar |
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(noun) an aggressive salesman who uses a fast line of talk to sell something | - |
sandwichman | (noun) a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders | - |
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schmaltz | (noun) (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | Synonyms: schmalz, shmaltz |
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schmalz | (noun) (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | Synonyms: schmaltz, shmaltz |
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speechmaker | (noun) a person who delivers a speech or oration | Synonyms: orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier |
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speechmaking | (noun) delivering an address to a public audience | Synonyms: oral presentation, public speaking, speaking |
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switchman | (noun) a man who operates railroad switches | - |
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watchmaker | (noun) someone who makes or repairs watches | Synonyms: horologer, horologist |
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watchman | (noun) a guard who keeps watch | Synonyms: security guard, watcher |
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