ameer | (noun) an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia) | Synonyms: amir, emeer, emir |
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auctioneer | (noun) an agent who conducts an auction | - |
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balladeer | (noun) a singer of popular ballads | Synonyms: crooner |
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bandoleer | (noun) a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers | Synonyms: bandolier |
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basketeer | (noun) an athlete who plays basketball | Synonyms: basketball player, cager |
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beer | (noun) a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops | - |
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buccaneer | (noun) someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation | Synonyms: pirate, sea robber, sea rover |
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cannoneer | (noun) a serviceman in the artillery | Synonyms: artilleryman, gunner, machine gunner |
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carabineer | (noun) a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine | Synonyms: carabinier, carbineer |
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carbineer | (noun) a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine | Synonyms: carabineer, carabinier |
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career | (noun) the particular occupation for which you are trained | Synonyms: calling, vocation |
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(noun) the general progression of your working or professional life | Synonyms: life history |
charioteer | (noun) the driver of a chariot | - |
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cheer | (noun) the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom | Synonyms: cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine |
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(noun) a cry or shout of approval | - |
compeer | (noun) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | Synonyms: equal, match, peer |
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conventioneer | (noun) someone who attends a convention | - |
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deer | (noun) distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers | Synonyms: cervid |
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emeer | (noun) an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia) | Synonyms: ameer, amir, emir |
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engineer | (noun) a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems | Synonyms: applied scientist, technologist |
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(noun) the operator of a railway locomotive | Synonyms: engine driver, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer |
fakeer | (noun) a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man | Synonyms: fakir, faqir, faquir |
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fleer | (noun) someone who flees from an uncongenial situation | Synonyms: fugitive, runaway |
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(noun) contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words | - |
gadgeteer | (noun) a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets | - |
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gazetteer | (noun) a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas) | - |
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(noun) a journalist who writes for a gazette | - |
harpooneer | (noun) someone who launches harpoons | Synonyms: harpooner |
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jeer | (noun) showing your contempt by derision | Synonyms: jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing |
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kildeer | (noun) American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry | Synonyms: Charadrius vociferus, killdeer, killdeer plover |
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killdeer | (noun) American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry | Synonyms: Charadrius vociferus, kildeer, killdeer plover |
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leer | (noun) a suggestive or sneering look or grin | - |
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(noun) a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls | Synonyms: sneer |
mountaineer | (noun) someone who climbs mountains | Synonyms: mountain climber |
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muleteer | (noun) a worker who drives mules | Synonyms: mule driver, mule skinner, skinner |
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musketeer | (noun) a foot soldier armed with a musket | - |
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mutineer | (noun) someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers) | - |
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overseer | (noun) a person who directs and manages an organization | Synonyms: superintendent |
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oversteer | (noun) when a car turns (steers) by more than (over) the amount commanded by the driver. | - |
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pamphleteer | (noun) a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues) | - |
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patrioteer | (noun) an extreme bellicose nationalist | Synonyms: chauvinist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist |
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peer | (noun) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | Synonyms: compeer, equal, match |
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(noun) a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage | - |
pioneer | (noun) one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory | - |
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(noun) someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art | Synonyms: groundbreaker, innovator, trailblazer |
pistoleer | (noun) someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed) | - |
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privateer | (noun) a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation | - |
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(noun) an officer or crew member of a privateer | Synonyms: privateersman |
profiteer | (noun) someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) | - |
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puppeteer | (noun) one who operates puppets or marionettes | - |
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queer | (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen |
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racketeer | (noun) someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) | - |
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reindeer | (noun) Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America | Synonyms: caribou, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus |
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schmeer | (noun) (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together | Synonyms: schmear, shmear |
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scrutineer | (noun) someone who examines votes at an election | Synonyms: canvasser |
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seer | (noun) a person with unusual powers of foresight | Synonyms: illusionist, visionary |
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(noun) an authoritative person who divines the future | Synonyms: oracle, prophesier, prophet, vaticinator |
(noun) an observer who perceives visually | - |
sightseer | (noun) a tourist who is visiting sights of interest | Synonyms: excursionist, rubberneck, tripper |
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sloganeer | (noun) someone who coins and uses slogans to promote a cause | - |
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sneer | (noun) a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls | Synonyms: leer |
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(noun) a contemptuous or scornful remark | - |
sonneteer | (noun) a poet who writes sonnets | - |
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steer | (noun) castrated bull | Synonyms: bullock |
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(noun) an indication of potential opportunity | Synonyms: confidential information, hint, lead, tip, wind |
supermarketeer | (noun) an operator of a supermarket | Synonyms: supermarketer |
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understeer | (noun) when a car steers less than (under) the amount commanded by the driver. | - |
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veneer | (noun) an ornamental coating to a building | Synonyms: facing |
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(noun) coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood | Synonyms: veneering |
volunteer | (noun) a person who performs voluntary work | Synonyms: unpaid worker |
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(noun) (military) a person who freely enlists for service | Synonyms: military volunteer, voluntary |