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BRIT |
English person |
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MACARONI |
A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English
fops of about 1775. |
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-S |
The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of
English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends. |
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PRECISIAN |
An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously
exact in the observance of rules; a formalist; -- formerly applied to
the English Puritans. |
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TUFT |
A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the English
universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap
worn by them. |
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ANGLO-SAXON |
One of the race or people who claim descent from the
Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a
person of English descent in its broadest sense. |
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SOLICITOR |
An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in
court; -- formerly, in English practice, the professional designation
of a person admitt... |
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EX- |
A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek
signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it
signifies ou... |
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SHALL |
As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or
necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you
shall go; he shall go; that ... |