128 Single And General Words for Many Kinds of People For Letter M

128 Single And General Words for Many Kinds of People For Letter M

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128 Single And General Words for Many Kinds of People For Letter M

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• 1. Title given by a University to one who completes a certain course of study = * M. A.
  (Master of Arts/ma = a child’s cry for his mother)
• 2. A title used by servants and shopkeepers in speaking to lady = * ma’am,(madam)
• 3. A follower of Machiavelli’s principle = * Machiavellian ; (Machiavelli = a stateman of Florence who advocated a strong central government/Niccolo Machiavelli)(very clever and dishonest,especially in dealings between one Government and another)
• 4. One who makes or works machines = * machinist ; (machine = to prepare with the help of a machine/machinery = parts of a machine ; a set of machine)
• 5. Title of a French lady,use also by servants and shopkeepers in speaking to English lady = * madam(e) ; (Mrs. /see ma’am)
• 6. A very daring person = * madcap
• 7. French title for an unmarried woman = * mademoiselle,(Miss)
• 8. The mother of Christ = * Madonna,(Mary ; a picture or figure of Mary)
• 9. One who works with magic = * magician ; (magic = the art of causing things to happen with the help of spirits and strange power ; adj. magic, magical = of magic,wonderful,done as by magic)
• 10. A judge = * magistrate,(an officer of govern- ment)
• 11. All the magistrates = * magistracy,(the office of magistrate/adj. magisterial)
• 12. A person who has much money and power = * magnate
• 13. A member of the ruling people of Hungary = * Magyar
• 14. A great prince(or king)in India = * Maharajah
• 15. An India queen(or princess) = * Maharanee
• 16. Indian title of respect for one who is very holy = mahatma ; (eg. Mahatma Gandhi)
• 17. The driver of an elephant = * mahout
• 18. A young unmarried woman = * maid,(a woman servant)
• 19. A noble lady who waits upon and serves a queen = * maid-of-honour
• 20. An old unmarried woman = * (old) maid ; (a very careful and particular person)
• 21. A young unmarried woman = * maiden ;
  (maiden name = a woman’s name before she was married//maiden = an open grassy space or public playing-field in an Indian town)
• 22. The elder of the two(eg. Smith brothers)in a school = * (Smith) major ; (major = greater)
• 23. The rank in the army next above Captain = * Major
• 24. Head servant in a large house = * major-domo
• 25. Childish name for mother = * mammy
• 26. A human = * man ; (To a man = all/The inner man = stomach)
• 27. Experienced person = * man(of the world)
• 28. Any man who has no special knowledge of the subject spoken of = * man(in the street) ; (man = a small piece of bone or wood used in game/to man = to supply with man, eg. seamen,soldiers, etc. )
• 29. One who has charge of business = * manager
• 30. A woman who likes to control others = * (a very) managing woman
• 31. The group of persons controlling a business = (the) management
• 32. An officer of the Government in China = * madarine ; (a small orange)
• 33. A madman = * maniac ; (mania = madness ; great interest, eg. She has a mania for the theatre)
  (-mania = 1. madness, eg. kleptomania = mad desire to steal ; 2. great interest in, eg. bibliomania = great interest in books)
• 34. A small man = * manikin ; (a small copy of the human figure made of wood)
• 35. The race of man = * mankind
• 36. A woman who look like,a man = * (a very) mannish woman
• 37. The wife of marquis = * marchioness
• 38. A soldier serving on a ship = * marine,(1. of the sea ; 2. all the ships of country/mariner = seaman)
• 39. A man who shoots well = * marksman
• 40. Title of nobleman,second below a Prince = * marquis
• 41. A high officer in the court of king = * marshal
• 42. The highest rank in the army = * (Field)Marshal (to marshal = to arrange in order,to lead solemnly)
• 43. A person who demands very exact obedience (n. of obey) = * martinet
• 44. One who dies for a noble cause = * martyr,(one who is put in death for refusing to give up his faith/one who is in continuous suffering/To make a martyr of oneself = to suffer needlessly
  [unnecessarily]in order to be thought well of)
• 45. A person,(thing or animal)supposed to bring good fortune = * mascot
• 46. A man who works with stone = * mason ;
  (masonry = stonework/freemasonry = a secret brotherhood[ = a group of men formed for special purpose] )
• 47. The people = * (the) masses ; (mass = a quantity of matter ; a number of separate things pressed together to make one solid body ; a large quantity
  /Mass = a religious ceremony in the Church of Rome in which Christ’s Last Supper is remembered)(massacre = a general killing of men, women and children)
• 48. A man skilled in the art of massage = * masseur
• 49. A woman skilled in the art of massage = * masseuse ; (massage = rubbing of the body as a means of lessening pain or bringing back health to a certain part)
• 50. One who employs another = master,(the head of a house ; the owner ; the chief or leader ; a teacher ; a writer or painter of great fame/to master = to conquer,to learn thoroughly/ masterful = having a strong will,not listening to another/ master-key = a key which opens several locks/ masterly = very cleverly done/mastery = thorough learning of a subject/masterpiece = the best piece of work done by a writer,painter,etc. )
• 51. A man who kills the bull[ = male form of cattle],in a bull-fight in Spain = * matador
• 52. A person(or thing)exactly like another = * match,(one’s equal in a game/a game played between two persons or groups/to match = to get something which is like something else in colour or in shape/match = a small stick with a head used for making fire/matchless = very good without an equal)
• 53. A woman who interests herself in arranging marriages = * matchmaker
• 54. A fellow-worker = * mate,(husband or wife/to mate = to marry/an officer in rank next below the captain on a ship)
• 55. One who kills his mother = * matricide,(the act of killing of one’s mother by oneself)
• 56. A married woman = * matron,(a woman in charge of the food and housework in a school or hospital)
• 57. Media = * (pl. of) medium
• 58. A person supposed to be able to receive messages from spirits of the dead = * (a)medium (1. the means by which a thing is done ; 2. middle ; 3. that place in which a creature can live, eg. Fish live in a watery medium ; 4. material used in painting and drawing ; adj. having a place half-way between two things ; not having one quality nor the other,but between the two ; not good not bad)
• 59. One of the group = * member,(a limb = an arm or leg or wing ; a branch of a tree)
• 60. A title used in speaking to a European woman in India = * mem-sahib
• 61. One who goes from place to place begging alms = mendicant,(a person who begs for money)
• 128. A mad person = * (a)mental case ; (mental = having to do with mind ; Mental arithmetic = adding,deviding,etc. done without the help of pen and paper/n. mentality)
• 63. A trusted adviser = * mentor
• 64. A hired soldier = * mercenary,(eager for money ; working only for money,not for honor,or loyalty)
• 65. A seller of cloth and silk = * mercer
• 66. One who carries on trade in a large way = * merchant ; (The merchant service = ships which carry travelers and goods/merchantman = a ship which carries goods and sometimes travelers)
• 67. (An imaginary sea creature)half woman half fish = * mermaid ; (merman = half man half fish//
  Merlin = half lion half fish)
• 68. One who carries a message = * messenger ; (message = news or orders sent by letter or word of mouth)
• 69. A fellow soldier or seaman whom one meets at meals = * messmate,(a friend/mess = [officers’, sergeants’]meals served to a group of–– ; to mess together = to eat at a common table)(mess = 1. a state of dirt and disorder ; 2. to make dirty ; 3. a mixture ; 4. [in old book]a dish of food ; Sl. To mess about = move about with a lazy way,not doing any real work)
• 70. A member of a group of Christian people following the teaching and practice of John Wesley = * Methodist
• 71. One who has an irresistible desire for alcoholic drinks = * methomaniac,(dipsomaniac)
• 72. A bishop who has control over other bishops = * (bishop)metropolitan ; (metropolis = the chief city of a country)
• 73. A trader who buys goods in large quantities from the maker and sells in smaller quantities to shops = * middleman
• 74. Middy = * midshipman,(a young man learning to be a ship’s officer in the navy[king’s ships] )
• 75. A woman who helps woman in childbirth = * midwife
• 76. Title of the ruler in Japan = * Mikado ; (as said by Europeans ; the word really means the great gate of the palace in Tokyo)
• 77. One who believes in war = * melitarist ; (militant = fighting/military = having to do with soldiers and war/militate = to act against,be a reason against)
• 78. Members of a nation who are trained as soldiers to be called on when needed to defend their country = * militia
• 79. One who owns or works in a flour mill = * miller ; (mill = machinery for making grain into flour ; a building containing this ; a building in which goods are made ; Sl. a fight)
• 80. One who makes or sells women’s hats and other small articles of women’s dress = * milliner ; (millinery = things sold by milliner)
• 81. One who has a million pounds or dollars = * millionaire ; (a very rich man/million = 1,000,000)
• 82. One who imitates the voice,gesture,etc. of another = * mimic,(v. to copy another person’s behavior or voice in order that he may be laughed at)
• 83. One who serves another like a slave and treated with great favor = * minion
• 84. A person in charge of one part of the Government = * minister,(an officer who acts for his Government in foreign country ; a priest in charge of a church/to minister to = to serve,to be helpful to)
• 85. A number of ministers forming the Government of a country = * ministry ; (the act of serving//a number of priests/the work of a priest)
• 86. A wandering singer in ancient days = * minstrel
• 87. A rude and daring girl = * minx
• 88. One who hates all men = * misanthrope
• 89. A hater of mankind = * misanthropist
• 90. An evil-doer = * miscreant
• 91. One who saves and loves money = * miser
• 92. A hater of marriage = * misogamist
• 93. A hater of woman = * misogynist ; (misogyny = hatred of woman)
• 94. Title of an unmarried woman(or girl) = * Miss
• 95. A group of persons teaching about God in foreign land = * mission,(sending or being sent on some service ; a group of persons so sent ; a man’s duty in life)
• 96. A person sent to teach about God in a foreign land = * missionary
• 97. A woman who employs other persons = * mistress,(a woman teacher)
• 98. A woman who shows off dresses in a shop by wearing them = * model,(a dress shown as an example/a person employed by painters as an example to paint from)(model = a small copy of some larger thing/a small thing made to be copied larger/a thing to be copy, eg. He is a model father = all other fathers should try to be like him/ to model = to make a model of ; to do modelling [modelling = making objects of art in clay] ; clay = soft sticky earth)
• 99. A follower of Mohammed = * Mohammedam ; (Moslem)
• 100. One who is too careful of himself = * mollycoddle ; (to take too great care of, eg. a child)
• 101. King,chief,ruler = * monarch
• (–monger, eg. A trader in fish = * fishmonger)
• 102. One who gives a warning or advice = * monitor,(a boy who is given charge of younger boys in a school//monitor = a small warship with heavy guns)
• 103. One of a group of men living apart from the world,lives(pl. of life)given to God = * monk
• 104. French for Mr. = * Monsieur
• 105. A member of a group of persons in America who hold certain special beliefs in God and who were(at one time)allowed to marry more than one wife = * Mormon
• 106. (Am. )A person who lacks the usual power of mind = * moron
• 107. A man,not a god or fairy = mortal,(who
  [which]will die ; causing death)
• 108. A woman who has given birth to a child = * mother ; (mother country = the country in which one was born ; One’s mother tongue = one’s own native language/mother-of-pearl = hard shining material found in the inside of certain shells)
• 109. One who pretends to know a great deal about everything = * mountebank,(a person who sells useless things in public and makes much talk & noise in doing so/charlatan/quack)
• 110. Men on horses = * mounted men ; (mount,1. to climb ; to get on to, eg. horse ; 2. to set in place, eg. to fix a picture on a stiff card ; to fix a jewel in an ornament ; to prepare the skin of an animal for use as an ornament ; To mount a friend = lend a horse to ; To mount guard = to set men on guard ; To mount up = increase/n. mount = a card upon which a picture is fixed ; the frame in which a jewel is held in a ring or other ornament)
• 111. A person who expresses the opinions of others = * mouthpiece,(that part of a pipe or musical instrument to which the mouth is put)
• 112. Member of Parliament = * M. P ; (Parliament = the group of elected persons who govern Great Britain)
• 113. Title of a gentleman = * Mr. ,(mister)
• 114. Title of a married woman = * Mrs.
• 115. The man who calls out the hour of prayer for Mohammedans = * muezzin
• 116. A bad player at outdoor games = * muff ; (to muff = to do a thing badly,to fail to catch a ball/ muff = a piece of fur or cloth inside which the hands are put to keep them warm out of doors)
• 117. (Am. )One who keeps himself free and separate from both parties(group) in the Government = * mugwump
• 118. A person of mixed birth,black and white = * mulatto
• 119. A person who is difficult to control,who will not listen to reason = * mule,(an animal produced from a male ass and female horse/muleteer = a mule-driver)
• 120. A Mohammedan learned man and priest = * mullah
• 121. One who acts a silent play = * mummer,(an actor)
• 122. A child name for its mother = * mummy,
  (mummy = a dead body kept from decay by cleaning,drying and tying up in cloth–––as in Egypt)
• 123. A judge of lower rank in India = * munsif
• 124. One who kills a person meaning to do so, not by accident = * murderer,(for male/ for female = murderess)
• 125. A Mohammedan = * mussulman,
  (see Mohammedan)
• 126. A person who cannot speak = * (a)mute ; (mute = silent,unable to speak ; [of a letter]not sounded in saying the word/a thing used to lessen the sound of stringed instrument of music)
• 127. A servant(or slave)who carries out orders without pity = * myrmidon
• 128. One who believes that he can enter into direct touch(understanding)with God = * (a)mystic ; (having to do with secret teaching and magic/to mystify = to make mysterious/mysterious = having to do with mystery/mystery = a secret,a thing beyond man’s understanding ; a secret knowledge of magic made known only to chosen persons

128 Single And General Words for Many Kinds of People For Letter M

128 Single And General Words for Many Kinds of People For Letter M

128 Single And General Words for Many Kinds of People For Letter M

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128 Single And General Words for Many Kinds of People For Letter M