英语词汇“skilled worker”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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skilled worker: skilled workers

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In the past, Chinese tech firms found easier pickings among consumers, rather than enterprises, which counted on an abundant supply of skilled workers.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016)

One of Wisconsin’s highest barriers to economic growth is a limited supply of skilled workers.

Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016)

“People are worried about robots,” Mills said, “but I call them 'co-bots,' because they need a skilled worker to run them.”

Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016)

n a worker who has acquired special skills

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skilled workman, trained worker

Ethan Allen

a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789)

Chevalier de Bayard

French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524)

Floyd Bennett

United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)

Louis Bleriot

French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936)

Gianbattista Bodoni

Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813)

Cesare Borgia

Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507)

Thomas Bowdler

English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825)

William Bradford

United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752)

Ralph Johnson Bunche

United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971)

Warren Earl Burger

United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995)

Richard Evelyn Byrd

explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957)

William Caxton

English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491)

James McKeen Cattell

American psychologist and editor (1860-1944)

Salmon Portland Chase

United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)

Thomas Chippendale

a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779)

Jacqueline Cochran

United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980)

Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac

a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655)

Stephen Decatur

United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820)

Admiral Dewey

a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War

James Harold Doolittle

United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993)

Alfred Dreyfus

French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)

John Foster Dulles

United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959)

Albrecht Durer

a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528)

Amelia Earhart

first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937)

Oliver Ellsworth

United States jurist and the third chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1807)

Fannie Merritt Farmer

an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)

David Glasgow Farragut

United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870)

Benjamin Franklin

printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)

Melville Weston Fuller

United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)

John Kenneth Galbraith

United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908)

Edmund Charles Edouard Genet

French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)

Frederic William Goudy

United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947)

Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko

Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989)

Huig de Groot

Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645)

Johannes Gutenberg

German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold

Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961)

William Averell Harriman

United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)

Townsend Harris

United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)

Sir John Hawkins

English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)

Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson

United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911)

William Hogarth

English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764)

Holbein the Younger

German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543)

Irving Howe

United States editor (1920-1993)

Charles Evans Hughes

United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948)

Howard Robard Hughes

United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)

Cordell Hull

United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)

Isaac Hull

United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)

John Jay

United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)

Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros

prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)

Joseph

(New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus

Henry Alfred Kissinger

United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923)

Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko

Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817)

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier

French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)

Thomas Edward Lawrence

Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)

Le Duc Tho

Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990)

Lighthorse Harry Lee

soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)

Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps

French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)

Trygve Halvden Lie

Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

Charles Augustus Lindbergh

United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)

Alfred Thayer Mahan

United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914)

Andrea Mantegna

Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-1506)

John Marshall

United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835)

William Mitchell

United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936)

Mohammed Ali

Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849)

Josef Michel Montgolfier

French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810)

Jacques Etienne Montgolfier

French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)

Daniel Morgan

soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802)

William Morris

English poet and craftsman (1834-1896)

Nimrod

(Old Testament) a famous hunter

Sir Harold George Nicolson

English diplomat and author (1886-1968)

Chester William Nimitz

United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966)

Thomas Nelson Page

United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)

Sir Henry Percy

English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)

Juan Domingo Peron

Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina (1895-1974)

Matthew Calbraith Perry

United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858)

Wiley Post

United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)

William Hubbs Rehnquist

United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924)

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973)

Hyman George Rickover

United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986)

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)

John Rutledge

United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; he was appointed by George Washington and briefly served as chief justice but was ultimately rejected by the United States Senate (1739-1800)

Samson

(Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah

Alexander Selcraig

Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)

Jan Christian Smuts

South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950)

Josiah Spode

English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827)

Adlai Ewing Stevenson

United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968)

Harlan Fisk Stone

United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)

William Howard Taft

27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)

Tancred

Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112)

Roger Brooke Taney

United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864)

Seth Thomas

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

Tomas de Torquemada

the Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498)

Frederick Moore Vinson

United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953)

Morrison Remick Waite

United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816-1888)

Kurt Waldheim

Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918)

Earl Warren

United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974)

Josiah Wedgwood

English potter (1730-1795)

Edward Douglas White Jr.

United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)

John Paul Jones

American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)

Captain Kidd

Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701)

Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding

British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)

Sir Arthur Travers Harris

British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984)

Duc d'Elchingen

French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815)

Oliver Hazard Perry

United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819)

Hermann Maurice Saxe

a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)

Gnaeus Julius Agricola

Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93)

Alcibiades

ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)

Antigonus Cyclops

a general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC)

Marcus Antonius

Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)

Benedict Arnold

United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801)

Belisarius

Byzantine general under Justinian I; he recovered former Roman territories in northern Africa and fought against the Persians

Belshazzar

(Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II; according to the Old Testament he was warned of his doom by divine handwriting on the wall that was interpreted by Daniel (6th century BC)

Captain Bligh

British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817)

El Libertador

Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830)

Omar Nelson Bradley

United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981)

Braxton Bragg

Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876)

Gentleman Johnny

British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792)

Ambrose Everett Burnside

United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881)

Gaius Julius Caesar

conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)

Chiang Chung-cheng

Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975)

First Duke of Marlborough

English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)

Mark Wayne Clark

United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984)

Karl von Clausewitz

Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831)

Lucius DuBignon Clay

United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)

Baron Clive of Plassey

British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774)

First Marquess Cornwallis

commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)

Oliver Cromwell

English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)

Butcher Cumberland

English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)

George Armstrong Custer

United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)

Moshe Dayan

Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981)

Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle

French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970)

Demetrius Poliorcetes

son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC)

Sir Francis Drake

English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)

Dwight David Eisenhower

United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961)

Prince Eugene of Savoy

Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736)

Gaius Flaminius

Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC)

Francisco Franco

Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882)

Ulysses Simpson Grant

18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)

Leslie Richard Groves

United States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970)

Hannibal

general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC)

Hasdrubal

general who commanded a Carthaginian army in Spain; joined his brother Hannibal in Italy and was killed by the Romans at the battle of Metaurus River (died 207 BC)

Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg

German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934)

Holofernes

(Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith

Fighting Joe Hooker

United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)

Samuel Houston

United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)

Andrew Jackson

7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)

Thomas Jonathan Jackson

general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)

Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre

French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931)

Joseph Eggleston Johnston

Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891)

Joseph ben Matthias

Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)

First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum

British field marshal (1850-1916)

Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov

Russian field marshal who commanded the Russian opposition to Napoleon (1745-1813)

Robert Edward Lee

American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)

Lucius Licinius Lucullus

Roman general famous for self-indulgence and giving lavish banquets (circa 110-57 BC)

Lucius Licinius Luculus

Roman general famous for giving lavish banquets (110-57 BC)

Lysander

Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC)

Lysimachus

Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; with Seleucus he defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at the battle of Ipsus (circa 355-281 BC)

Douglas MacArthur

United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964)

George Catlett Marshall

United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959)

George Gordon Meade

United States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872)

Miltiades

Athenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-489)

1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976)

Napoleon Bonaparte

French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

Viscount Nelson

English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)

John Joseph Pershing

United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948)

George Edward Pickett

American Confederate general known for leading a disastrous charge at Gettysburg (1825-1875)

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus

Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)

Colin luther Powell

United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)

Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur

French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807)

Erwin Rommel

German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944)

Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt

German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953)

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876)

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major

Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)

Winfield Scott

United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)

Seleucus I Nicator

Macedonian general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia; founded a line of kings who reigned in Asia Minor until 65 BC (358-281 BC)

William Tecumseh Sherman

United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891)

Siraj-ud-daula

Indian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England; he captured Calcutta in 1756 and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta; he was defeated at the battle of Plassey by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive (1728-1757)

Joseph Warren Stilwell

United States general who commanded the Allied forces in China and Burma and India during World War II (1883-1946)

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix

Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC)

Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein

Austrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634)

President Washington

1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)

Archibald Percival Wavell

British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950)

Mad Anthony Wayne

American general during the American Revolution (1745-1796)

First Duke of Wellington

British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)

Xenophon

Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC)

Isoroku Yamamoto

Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943)

Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov

Soviet general who during World Warr II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974)

aquanaut, oceanaut

a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research

armorer, armourer

a worker skilled in making armor or arms

aeronaut, airman, aviator, flier, flyer

someone who operates an aircraft

baker, bread maker

someone who bakes bread or cake

balloonist

someone who flies a balloon

butcher, slaughterer

a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market

calligrapher, calligraphist

someone skilled in penmanship

coiner, minter, moneyer

a skilled worker who coins or stamps money

cook

someone who cooks food

artificer, artisan, craftsman, journeyman

a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

crew member, crewman

a member of a flight crew

cutter

someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)

dental hygienist

someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays)

draftsman, draftsperson, draughtsman

a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines

dyer

someone whose job is to dye cloth

editor, editor in chief

a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

electrician, lineman, linesman

a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines

engraver

a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching

aesthetician, esthetician

a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.)

fisher, fisherman

someone whose occupation is catching fish

founder

a worker who makes metal castings

framer

someone who makes frames (as for pictures)

fumigator

someone whose job is to fumigate

galvaniser, galvanizer

a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc

gilder

someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt

grip

worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made

harpooneer, harpooner

someone who launches harpoons

hunter, huntsman

someone who hunts game

indexer

someone who provides an index

laminator

a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates)

lobsterman

a person whose occupation is catching lobsters

lockkeeper, lockman, lockmaster

a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)

fixer, mender, repairer

a skilled worker who mends or repairs things

funeral director, funeral undertaker, mortician, undertaker

one whose business is the management of funerals

mounter

a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.

functionary, official

a worker who holds or is invested with an office

oilman

a worker who produces or sells petroleum

lens maker, optician

a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision

painter

a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint

perfecter

a skilled worker who perfects something

phlebotomist

someone who practices phlebotomy

plaiter

someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.)

plasterer

a worker skilled in applying plaster

plater

a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold)

power worker, power-station worker

a worker at a power station

pressman, printer

someone whose occupation is printing

projectionist

the person who operates the projector in a movie house

refiner

one whose work is to refine a specific thing

preserver, refinisher, renovator, restorer

a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture

riveter, rivetter

a worker who inserts and hammers rivets

router

a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery

crewman, sailor

any member of a ship's crew

man, military man, military personnel, serviceman

someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force

shearer

a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals

skinner

a person who prepares or deals in animal skins

metalworker, smith

someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)

smith

someone who works at something specified

technician

someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process

piano tuner, tuner

someone who tunes pianos

turner

a lathe operator

turtler

someone whose occupation is hunting turtles

voicer

someone who regulates the tone of organ pipes

vulcaniser, vulcanizer

someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency

wall-paperer, wallpaperer

a worker who papers walls

wireman, wirer

a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring

finisher

a painter who applies a finishing coat

aircrewman

a member of an aircrew

air force officer, commander

an officer in the airforce

angler, troller

a fisherman who uses a hook and line

animator

the technician who produces animated cartoons

anthologist

an editor who makes selections for an anthology

apparatchik

a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization)

appointee

an official who is appointed

arrowsmith

a maker of arrows

art editor

an editor who is responsible for illustrations and layouts in printed matter

artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner

a serviceman in the artillery

airwoman, aviatress, aviatrix

a woman aviator

bailiff

an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.

beadle

a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function

beautician, cosmetician

someone who works in a beauty parlor

bell founder

a person who casts metal bells

blacksmith

a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil

bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy

a serviceman in the navy

bookbinder

a worker whose trade is binding books

bounty hunter

a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty

bricklayer

a craftsman skilled in building with bricks

administrative official, bureaucrat

an official of a bureaucracy

caretaker

an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily

censor

a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable

census taker, enumerator

someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes

church officer

a church official

city father

an important municipal official

civil servant

a public official who is a member of the civil service

clockmaker, clocksmith

someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches

coachbuilder

a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles

commando, ranger

a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids

commissar, political commissar

an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit

compositor, setter, typesetter, typographer

one who sets written material into type

Comptroller General

a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government

Comptroller of the Currency

a United States federal official who regulates the national banks

construction worker, hard hat

a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.

chef

a professional cook

cookie, cooky

the cook on a ranch or at a camp

barrel maker, cooper

a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs

coppersmith

someone who makes articles from copper

copy editor, copyreader, text editor

an editor who prepares text for publication

courser

a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey

currier

a craftsman who curries leather for use

darner

a person who mends by darning

deer hunter

hunter of deer

dental technician, denturist

someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures)

die-sinker, diemaker, diesinker

someone who makes dies

diplomat, diplomatist

an official engaged in international negotiations

conscript, draftee, inductee

someone who is drafted into military service

duck hunter

hunter of ducks

subeditor

an assistant editor

elected official

official who won the office in a free election

electroplater

a plater who uses electrolysis

embalmer

a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives

enlisted person

a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer

equerry

an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles

bowdleriser, bowdlerizer, expurgator

a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages

falconer, hawker

a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry

fire marshall

an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires

fire warden, forest fire fighter, ranger

an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest

forger

someone who operates a forge

fowler

someone who hunts wild birds for food

fry cook

a cook who specializes in fried foods

gaffer

an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set

garment cutter

someone who cuts cloth etc. to measure in making garments

gem cutter

one who cuts and shapes precious stones

glassblower

someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass

glass cutter, glass-cutter, glassworker, glazer, glazier

someone who cuts flat glass to size

glass cutter, glass-cutter

someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass

gold-beater, goldbeater

an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf

gunsmith

someone who makes or repairs guns

hairdresser, hairstylist, styler, stylist

someone who cuts or beautifies hair

hand

a member of the crew of a ship

hearing examiner, hearing officer

an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers

hangover, holdover

an official who remains in office after his term

house painter

a painter of houses a similar buildings

huntress

a woman hunter

incumbent, officeholder

the official who holds an office

Inquisitor

an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition

invalidator, nullifier, voider

an official who can invalidate or nullify

judge, jurist, justice

a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

knacker

someone who buys up old horses for slaughter

lapidary, lapidist

a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones

lascar

an East Indian sailor

letterer

a painter of letters

licenser

an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications)

lion-hunter

someone who hunts lions

locksmith

someone who makes or repairs locks

luthier

a craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins)

mace, macebearer, macer

an official who carries a mace of office

machinist, mechanic, shop mechanic

a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools

managing editor

the editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazine

mandarin

any high government official or bureaucrat

Marine, devil dog, leatherneck, shipboard soldier

a member of the United States Marine Corps

Jack, Jack-tar, gob, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar

a man who serves as a sailor

mason, stonemason

a craftsman who works with stone or brick

military officer, officer

any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

miller

someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)

newspaper editor

the editor of a newspaper

noncombatant

a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)

notary, notary public

someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions

noticer

someone who gives formal notice

occupier

a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country

officeholder, officer

someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust

agent, federal agent

any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

paperer, paperhanger

one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper

airplane pilot, pilot

someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

pipe fitter, plumber

a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances

provincial

(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order

postmaster general

the official in charge of the national postal service

pothunter

someone who hunts for food (not for sport)

ceramicist, ceramist, potter, thrower

a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln

preserver

a cook who preserves fruits or meat

privateer, privateersman

an officer or crew member of a privateer

proconsul

an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power

proofreader, reader

someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections

prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public prosecutor

a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state

quaestor

any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)

recruiter

an official who enlists personnel for military service

redact, redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter

someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

record-keeper, recorder, registrar

someone responsible for keeping records

regulator

an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest

maintenance man, repairman, service man

a skilled worker whose job is to repair things

returning officer

the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results

rigger

someone who rigs ships

oil rigger, rigger

someone who works on an oil rig

roaster

a cook who roasts food

roofer

a craftsman who lays or repairs roofs

rope-maker, ropemaker, roper

a craftsman who makes ropes

scene painter

a painter of theatrical scenery

sealer

an official who affixes a seal to a document

searcher

a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items

seasoner

a cook who uses seasonings

sign painter

someone who paints signs and billboards etc.

snarer

someone who sets snares for birds or small animals

soundman

a technician in charge of amplifying sound or producing sound effects (as for a TV or radio broadcast)

stalker

someone who stalks game

steamfitter

a craftsman who installs and maintains equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating

stippler

a painter who stipples (creates a stippled effect)

striper

a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service

tanner

a craftsman who tans skins and hides

animal stuffer, stuffer, taxidermist

a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display

techie, tekki

a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)

teller, vote counter

an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)

tinner, tinsmith

someone who makes or repairs tinware

town clerk

the official who keeps a town's records

tracker

someone who tracks down game

trapper

someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)

trawler

a fisherman who use a trawl net

upholsterer

a craftsman who upholsters furniture

doorkeeper, usher

an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber

ex-serviceman, vet, veteran

a person who has served in the armed forces

veteran, veteran soldier

a serviceman who has seen considerable active service

vizier

a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)

military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer

(military) a person who freely enlists for service

water dog, water rat

a person who enjoys being in or on the water

weaver

a craftsman who weaves cloth

webmaster

a technician who designs or maintains a website

weigher

an official who weighs and records the weight

welder

joins pieces of metal by welding them together

window dresser, window trimmer

someone who decorates shop windows

woodman, woodsman, woodworker

makes things out of wood

wright

someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)

yachtsman, yachtswoman

a person who owns or sails a yacht

worker

a person who works at a specific occupation

单词	skilled worker
释义	skilled worker (once / 15573 pages) n WORD FAMILY skilled worker: skilled workers USAGE EXAMPLES In the past, Chinese tech firms found easier pickings among consumers, rather than enterprises, which counted on an abundant supply of skilled workers. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) One of Wisconsin’s highest barriers to economic growth is a limited supply of skilled workers. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) “People are worried about robots,” Mills said, “but I call them 'co-bots,' because they need a skilled worker to run them.” Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) n a worker who has acquired special skills Syn\|Exp\|Hypo\|Hyper skilled workman, trained worker Ethan Allen a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789) Chevalier de Bayard French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524) Floyd Bennett United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928) Louis Bleriot French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936) Gianbattista Bodoni Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813) Cesare Borgia Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507) Thomas Bowdler English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) William Bradford United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752) Ralph Johnson Bunche United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971) Warren Earl Burger United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995) Richard Evelyn Byrd explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957) William Caxton English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491) James McKeen Cattell American psychologist and editor (1860-1944) Salmon Portland Chase United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873) Thomas Chippendale a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779) Jacqueline Cochran United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980) Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655) Stephen Decatur United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820) Admiral Dewey a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War James Harold Doolittle United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993) Alfred Dreyfus French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935) John Foster Dulles United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959) Albrecht Durer a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528) Amelia Earhart first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937) Oliver Ellsworth United States jurist and the third chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1807) Fannie Merritt Farmer an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915) David Glasgow Farragut United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870) Benjamin Franklin printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790) Melville Weston Fuller United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910) John Kenneth Galbraith United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908) Edmund Charles Edouard Genet French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834) Frederic William Goudy United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947) Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989) Huig de Groot Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645) Johannes Gutenberg German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468) Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961) William Averell Harriman United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986) Townsend Harris United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878) Sir John Hawkins English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595) Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911) William Hogarth English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764) Holbein the Younger German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543) Irving Howe United States editor (1920-1993) Charles Evans Hughes United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948) Howard Robard Hughes United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976) Cordell Hull United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955) Isaac Hull United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843) John Jay United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829) Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517) Joseph (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus Henry Alfred Kissinger United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923) Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817) Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834) Thomas Edward Lawrence Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935) Le Duc Tho Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990) Lighthorse Harry Lee soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818) Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894) Trygve Halvden Lie Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968) Charles Augustus Lindbergh United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974) Alfred Thayer Mahan United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914) Andrea Mantegna Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-1506) John Marshall United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835) William Mitchell United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936) Mohammed Ali Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849) Josef Michel Montgolfier French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810) Jacques Etienne Montgolfier French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799) Daniel Morgan soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802) William Morris English poet and craftsman (1834-1896) Nimrod (Old Testament) a famous hunter Sir Harold George Nicolson English diplomat and author (1886-1968) Chester William Nimitz United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966) Thomas Nelson Page United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922) Sir Henry Percy English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403) Juan Domingo Peron Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina (1895-1974) Matthew Calbraith Perry United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858) Wiley Post United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935) William Hubbs Rehnquist United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924) Edward Vernon Rickenbacker the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973) Hyman George Rickover United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986) Anna Eleanor Roosevelt wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962) John Rutledge United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; he was appointed by George Washington and briefly served as chief justice but was ultimately rejected by the United States Senate (1739-1800) Samson (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah Alexander Selcraig Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721) Jan Christian Smuts South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950) Josiah Spode English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827) Adlai Ewing Stevenson United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968) Harlan Fisk Stone United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946) William Howard Taft 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930) Tancred Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112) Roger Brooke Taney United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864) Seth Thomas United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859) Tomas de Torquemada the Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498) Frederick Moore Vinson United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953) Morrison Remick Waite United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816-1888) Kurt Waldheim Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918) Earl Warren United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974) Josiah Wedgwood English potter (1730-1795) Edward Douglas White Jr. United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921) John Paul Jones American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792) Captain Kidd Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701) Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) Sir Arthur Travers Harris British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984) Duc d'Elchingen French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815) Oliver Hazard Perry United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819) Hermann Maurice Saxe a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750) Gnaeus Julius Agricola Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93) Alcibiades ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC) Antigonus Cyclops a general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC) Marcus Antonius Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC) Benedict Arnold United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801) Belisarius Byzantine general under Justinian I; he recovered former Roman territories in northern Africa and fought against the Persians Belshazzar (Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II; according to the Old Testament he was warned of his doom by divine handwriting on the wall that was interpreted by Daniel (6th century BC) Captain Bligh British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817) El Libertador Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830) Omar Nelson Bradley United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981) Braxton Bragg Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876) Gentleman Johnny British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792) Ambrose Everett Burnside United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881) Gaius Julius Caesar conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC) Chiang Chung-cheng Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975) First Duke of Marlborough English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722) Mark Wayne Clark United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984) Karl von Clausewitz Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831) Lucius DuBignon Clay United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) Baron Clive of Plassey British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774) First Marquess Cornwallis commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805) Oliver Cromwell English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658) Butcher Cumberland English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765) George Armstrong Custer United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876) Moshe Dayan Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981) Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970) Demetrius Poliorcetes son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC) Sir Francis Drake English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) Dwight David Eisenhower United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961) Prince Eugene of Savoy Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736) Gaius Flaminius Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC) Francisco Franco Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975) Giuseppe Garibaldi Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882) Ulysses Simpson Grant 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) Leslie Richard Groves United States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970) Hannibal general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC) Hasdrubal general who commanded a Carthaginian army in Spain; joined his brother Hannibal in Italy and was killed by the Romans at the battle of Metaurus River (died 207 BC) Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934) Holofernes (Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith Fighting Joe Hooker United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) Samuel Houston United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863) Andrew Jackson 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845) Thomas Jonathan Jackson general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863) Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931) Joseph Eggleston Johnston Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891) Joseph ben Matthias Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100) First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum British field marshal (1850-1916) Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov Russian field marshal who commanded the Russian opposition to Napoleon (1745-1813) Robert Edward Lee American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870) Lucius Licinius Lucullus Roman general famous for self-indulgence and giving lavish banquets (circa 110-57 BC) Lucius Licinius Luculus Roman general famous for giving lavish banquets (110-57 BC) Lysander Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC) Lysimachus Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; with Seleucus he defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at the battle of Ipsus (circa 355-281 BC) Douglas MacArthur United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964) George Catlett Marshall United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959) George Gordon Meade United States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872) Miltiades Athenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-489) 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976) Napoleon Bonaparte French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) Viscount Nelson English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805) John Joseph Pershing United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948) George Edward Pickett American Confederate general known for leading a disastrous charge at Gettysburg (1825-1875) Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC) Colin luther Powell United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937) Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807) Erwin Rommel German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944) Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953) Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876) Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC) Winfield Scott United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866) Seleucus I Nicator Macedonian general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia; founded a line of kings who reigned in Asia Minor until 65 BC (358-281 BC) William Tecumseh Sherman United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891) Siraj-ud-daula Indian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England; he captured Calcutta in 1756 and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta; he was defeated at the battle of Plassey by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive (1728-1757) Joseph Warren Stilwell United States general who commanded the Allied forces in China and Burma and India during World War II (1883-1946) Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC) Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein Austrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634) President Washington 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) Archibald Percival Wavell British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950) Mad Anthony Wayne American general during the American Revolution (1745-1796) First Duke of Wellington British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852) Xenophon Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC) Isoroku Yamamoto Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943) Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov Soviet general who during World Warr II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974) aquanaut, oceanaut a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research armorer, armourer a worker skilled in making armor or arms aeronaut, airman, aviator, flier, flyer someone who operates an aircraft baker, bread maker someone who bakes bread or cake balloonist someone who flies a balloon butcher, slaughterer a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market calligrapher, calligraphist someone skilled in penmanship coiner, minter, moneyer a skilled worker who coins or stamps money cook someone who cooks food artificer, artisan, craftsman, journeyman a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft crew member, crewman a member of a flight crew cutter someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments) dental hygienist someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays) draftsman, draftsperson, draughtsman a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines dyer someone whose job is to dye cloth editor, editor in chief a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) electrician, lineman, linesman a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines engraver a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching aesthetician, esthetician a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) fisher, fisherman someone whose occupation is catching fish founder a worker who makes metal castings framer someone who makes frames (as for pictures) fumigator someone whose job is to fumigate galvaniser, galvanizer a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc gilder someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt grip worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made harpooneer, harpooner someone who launches harpoons hunter, huntsman someone who hunts game indexer someone who provides an index laminator a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates) lobsterman a person whose occupation is catching lobsters lockkeeper, lockman, lockmaster a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) fixer, mender, repairer a skilled worker who mends or repairs things funeral director, funeral undertaker, mortician, undertaker one whose business is the management of funerals mounter a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc. functionary, official a worker who holds or is invested with an office oilman a worker who produces or sells petroleum lens maker, optician a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision painter a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint perfecter a skilled worker who perfects something phlebotomist someone who practices phlebotomy plaiter someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.) plasterer a worker skilled in applying plaster plater a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold) power worker, power-station worker a worker at a power station pressman, printer someone whose occupation is printing projectionist the person who operates the projector in a movie house refiner one whose work is to refine a specific thing preserver, refinisher, renovator, restorer a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture riveter, rivetter a worker who inserts and hammers rivets router a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery crewman, sailor any member of a ship's crew man, military man, military personnel, serviceman someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force shearer a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals skinner a person who prepares or deals in animal skins metalworker, smith someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable) smith someone who works at something specified technician someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process piano tuner, tuner someone who tunes pianos turner a lathe operator turtler someone whose occupation is hunting turtles voicer someone who regulates the tone of organ pipes vulcaniser, vulcanizer someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency wall-paperer, wallpaperer a worker who papers walls wireman, wirer a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring finisher a painter who applies a finishing coat aircrewman a member of an aircrew air force officer, commander an officer in the airforce angler, troller a fisherman who uses a hook and line animator the technician who produces animated cartoons anthologist an editor who makes selections for an anthology apparatchik a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization) appointee an official who is appointed arrowsmith a maker of arrows art editor an editor who is responsible for illustrations and layouts in printed matter artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner a serviceman in the artillery airwoman, aviatress, aviatrix a woman aviator bailiff an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc. beadle a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function beautician, cosmetician someone who works in a beauty parlor bell founder a person who casts metal bells blacksmith a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy a serviceman in the navy bookbinder a worker whose trade is binding books bounty hunter a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty bricklayer a craftsman skilled in building with bricks administrative official, bureaucrat an official of a bureaucracy caretaker an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily censor a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable census taker, enumerator someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes church officer a church official city father an important municipal official civil servant a public official who is a member of the civil service clockmaker, clocksmith someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches coachbuilder a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles commando, ranger a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids commissar, political commissar an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit compositor, setter, typesetter, typographer one who sets written material into type Comptroller General a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government Comptroller of the Currency a United States federal official who regulates the national banks construction worker, hard hat a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. chef a professional cook cookie, cooky the cook on a ranch or at a camp barrel maker, cooper a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs coppersmith someone who makes articles from copper copy editor, copyreader, text editor an editor who prepares text for publication courser a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey currier a craftsman who curries leather for use darner a person who mends by darning deer hunter hunter of deer dental technician, denturist someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures) die-sinker, diemaker, diesinker someone who makes dies diplomat, diplomatist an official engaged in international negotiations conscript, draftee, inductee someone who is drafted into military service duck hunter hunter of ducks subeditor an assistant editor elected official official who won the office in a free election electroplater a plater who uses electrolysis embalmer a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives enlisted person a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer equerry an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles bowdleriser, bowdlerizer, expurgator a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages falconer, hawker a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry fire marshall an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires fire warden, forest fire fighter, ranger an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest forger someone who operates a forge fowler someone who hunts wild birds for food fry cook a cook who specializes in fried foods gaffer an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set garment cutter someone who cuts cloth etc. to measure in making garments gem cutter one who cuts and shapes precious stones glassblower someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass glass cutter, glass-cutter, glassworker, glazer, glazier someone who cuts flat glass to size glass cutter, glass-cutter someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass gold-beater, goldbeater an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf gunsmith someone who makes or repairs guns hairdresser, hairstylist, styler, stylist someone who cuts or beautifies hair hand a member of the crew of a ship hearing examiner, hearing officer an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers hangover, holdover an official who remains in office after his term house painter a painter of houses a similar buildings huntress a woman hunter incumbent, officeholder the official who holds an office Inquisitor an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition invalidator, nullifier, voider an official who can invalidate or nullify judge, jurist, justice a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice knacker someone who buys up old horses for slaughter lapidary, lapidist a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones lascar an East Indian sailor letterer a painter of letters licenser an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications) lion-hunter someone who hunts lions locksmith someone who makes or repairs locks luthier a craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins) mace, macebearer, macer an official who carries a mace of office machinist, mechanic, shop mechanic a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools managing editor the editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazine mandarin any high government official or bureaucrat Marine, devil dog, leatherneck, shipboard soldier a member of the United States Marine Corps Jack, Jack-tar, gob, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar a man who serves as a sailor mason, stonemason a craftsman who works with stone or brick military officer, officer any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command miller someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill) newspaper editor the editor of a newspaper noncombatant a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon) notary, notary public someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions noticer someone who gives formal notice occupier a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country officeholder, officer someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust agent, federal agent any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau paperer, paperhanger one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper airplane pilot, pilot someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight pipe fitter, plumber a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances provincial (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order postmaster general the official in charge of the national postal service pothunter someone who hunts for food (not for sport) ceramicist, ceramist, potter, thrower a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln preserver a cook who preserves fruits or meat privateer, privateersman an officer or crew member of a privateer proconsul an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power proofreader, reader someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public prosecutor a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state quaestor any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration) recruiter an official who enlists personnel for military service redact, redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication record-keeper, recorder, registrar someone responsible for keeping records regulator an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest maintenance man, repairman, service man a skilled worker whose job is to repair things returning officer the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results rigger someone who rigs ships oil rigger, rigger someone who works on an oil rig roaster a cook who roasts food roofer a craftsman who lays or repairs roofs rope-maker, ropemaker, roper a craftsman who makes ropes scene painter a painter of theatrical scenery sealer an official who affixes a seal to a document searcher a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items seasoner a cook who uses seasonings sign painter someone who paints signs and billboards etc. snarer someone who sets snares for birds or small animals soundman a technician in charge of amplifying sound or producing sound effects (as for a TV or radio broadcast) stalker someone who stalks game steamfitter a craftsman who installs and maintains equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating stippler a painter who stipples (creates a stippled effect) striper a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service tanner a craftsman who tans skins and hides animal stuffer, stuffer, taxidermist a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display techie, tekki a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing) teller, vote counter an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly) tinner, tinsmith someone who makes or repairs tinware town clerk the official who keeps a town's records tracker someone who tracks down game trapper someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs) trawler a fisherman who use a trawl net upholsterer a craftsman who upholsters furniture doorkeeper, usher an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber ex-serviceman, vet, veteran a person who has served in the armed forces veteran, veteran soldier a serviceman who has seen considerable active service vizier a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire) military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer (military) a person who freely enlists for service water dog, water rat a person who enjoys being in or on the water weaver a craftsman who weaves cloth webmaster a technician who designs or maintains a website weigher an official who weighs and records the weight welder joins pieces of metal by welding them together window dresser, window trimmer someone who decorates shop windows woodman, woodsman, woodworker makes things out of wood wright someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination) yachtsman, yachtswoman a person who owns or sails a yacht worker a person who works at a specific 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