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1. One who turns away from true faith or good behavior = * backslider

2. An officer of the law; = * bailiff, (a man who looks after a farm or land for the owner)

3. One who makes bread = * baker, ( bake = to cook by dry heat in a closed box; Half-baked = imperfect, unfinished / bakery = a place where bread is made or sold)

4. A woman who dances in a ballet = * ballerina, ( ballet = a show given by a number of paid dancers)

5. An Indian trader=*banian, banyan, (an Indian garment made of wool; Indian name for a tight garment worn near the skin / a tree whose branches go down into the ground and form many roots)

6. One who cuts hair = * barber

7. A poet or singer = * bard

8. A man who serves drinks in a bar = * barman

9. A woman who serves drinks in a bar = * barmaid,  (bar = drinking place)

10. A titled man above a baronet = * Baron; (baron = the title of a nobleman)

11. The wife of a Baron= * Baroness, (a woman who has the title in her own right;baronial=adj. having to do with a baron, good enough for a baron, fine; barony = the rank of a baron)

12. A titled man below a baron and above a knight = * baronet; (knight = a soldier of noble rank; a man of rank allowed to set Sir before his name)

13. A lawyer who speaks in a law-court = * barrister

14. A child whose parents were not married = * bastard, (not real; not of the real kind)

15. An officer’s servant = * batman

16. A man who hits a ball with a bat = * batsman; (bat = wooden instrument)

17. An officer who helped the priest in the old days in keeping order in church in giving to the poor, etc. = * beadle

18. One who drives animals or birds out of wood so that they may be shot by those standing outside = * beater

19. A good-looking man,a lover = * beau

20. Soldiers who wear a special dress, as in ancient times, and are seen in the Tower of London = * beef-eaters; (beef = the meat of cow, bull, or ox [bull,ox=male forms of cattle]; A beefy fellow = very strong; Put beef into = put strength into a stroke/beefy = Sl. very strong)

21. One who goes from place to place begging alms = * beggar, (one who asks for money or food/to beggar description = to be impossible to describe/beggarly =very poor, worthless)

22. Title of a Mohamme -dan lady of high rank = * Begum

23. A beautiful young woman = * belle

24. One who does good, giving money for some good purpose = * be-nefactor; (benefaction = doing good; giving money for some good purpose)

25. One who receives money,eg.at a person death = * beneficiary; (bene-ficent =d oing good,kind / beneficial = helpful, useful)

26. One of a people living in the hilly part of North Africa = * Berber

27. An ancient Norse fighter=Berserker; (Norse = of Scandinavia; Berser-ker rage = wild, uncontrolled anger)

28. A per- son (or thing) especially hated = * bete noire

29. One who steals books = * biblioklept; (bibliography = a list of books on some special subject)

30. One who drinks wine freely = * bibulous (person)

31. One who believes strongly in a thing and will not listen to reason = * bigot

32. An import-ant person = * bigwig

33. A high officer in the church = * bishop; (bishopric = the office of a bishop /the part of the country in which a bishop has power)

34. A very bad man = * blackguard

35. A man who offers to work when all his fellow workers are ‘on strike’ = * blackleg (strike = refusing to work so as to get more pay, etc.)

36. A man who works with iron and makes shoes for horses = * blacksmith

37. Man = * bloke, (slang)

38. A woman with light-coloured hair = * blonde, (blond [e] = light brown,fair [hair,skin] )

39. Killing people = * bloodshed

40.A sailor = * bluejacket

41. .A woman who is or pretends to be very learned = * bluestocking-

42. One who pays to live and have meals in another person’s house, or lodging-house = * boarder; (lodging-house = board- ing-house which supplies meals/boarding-school = a school in which children live)

43. The chief seaman who calls the men to work = * boatswain

44. .A policeman = * bobby

45. Soldiers to guard (protect) a person = * bodyguard

46. One of the Afrikaans speaking people of South Africa = * Boer, (farmer)

47. A person(eg.a painter or writer)who lives a free life not according to the usual customs of those around him = * bohemian

48. A member of the party governing Russia since 1917; one who believes in that kind of government = * Bolshevik, Bolshevist,(pl.Bolshevi-ki)

49. One who loves good food and comfort = * bon vivant

50. A foolish person=*booby, (Booby prize = something given to the last runner in a race or person who does worst in a game;
Booby trap = a foolish trick, eg. placing a book above a door to fall on the head of a person enter-ing)

51. .A man who sells tickets ( = printed card giving the right to travel by train, enter the theatre,etc.) = * booking-clerk

52. One who receives bets on horses = * book-maker; bet=pay money which will be lost if the horse loses a race, but will be paid back with more money if the horse wins

53. A person who is always reading = * bookworm

54. One who breaks the law by making or selling wine & strong drink = * bootlegger

55.A man in charge of workmen; the head of any business = *boss; (to boss = to be a head man; to control; to make oneself unpleasant by trying to control too much//a round part which stands up from a flat surface, like the head of a very large nail)

56. A person with bad manners = * bounder

57. A member of the highest, priestly, class of Hindus in India = * Brahmin

58. A bad-mannered child = * brat

59.Brothers = * brethen

60. A woman about to be married or newly married = * bride (adj.bridal)

61. A man about to be married or newly married = * bridegroom

62. A girl who attends on a woman who is being married = * bridesmaid

63. A thief, often one of a band of thieves living in mountains = * brigand

63. A thief, often one of a band of thieves living in mountains = * brigand

63. A thief, often one of a band of thieves living in mountains = * brigand

64. One who does business for another, especially in buy-ing & selling foreign money or shares in businesses = * broker;(brokerage = the money paid to a broker for buying & selling)

65. A son of the parents = brother(s), (a person who is a mem-ber of the same group, eg.A brother doctor; Brother in arms =s oldiers who have served together)

66. .A group of men formed for some special pur-pose = * brotherhood

67. A woman with dark hair = * brunette, (a woman with dark eyes & hair)

68. A great religious teacher honored by many people in China and the East = * Buddha

69. A bad man = * Budmash,(Indian word)

70. One who uses his strength to hurt weaker per- sons = * bully

71. A foolish fellow from the country = bumpkin

72. A member of a bureau-cracy; an officer who tries to center power in him-self = * bureaucrat; (bureaucracy = government by the paid officers of government rather than by persons elected by the people)

73. A free man of a city or country, having the right to elect per-sons to the government=*burgess

74. One who lives in a town(especially a German or Dutch town) = * Burgher

75. A thief who breaks into houses, shops,etc.= * burglar

76. The chief man in a town in Germany or Holland = * burgomaster

77. The man in a university who has charge of the money = * bursar

78. A thief in Australia (in early times) = * bush-ranger

79. One who interests himself too much in other people’s con-cerns = * busybody

80. One who kills & sells animals for food = * butcher; (to butcher=to mur- der cruelly)

81.The man-servant in charge of the dining-room and wine = * butler

82. One who cannot catch a ball, or lets things fall easily = * butter-fingers

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