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Obsolete form of almonry. [(historical) A building in which alms were distributed.]
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(historical, law) In Wales, a maiden-fee paid to a lord on the marriage of a maiden in his manor.
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Alternative form of amober [(historical, law) In Wales, a maiden-fee paid to a lord on the marriage of a maiden in his manor.]
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An attendant; one who attends to someone or something.
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Obsolete form of barmote. [A court held in Derbyshire, England, for deciding controversies between miners.]
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(Britain, Ireland) Any institution which provides education to young offenders.
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(transitive, informal) To act in a bossy manner toward (another person), ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.
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To act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.
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(US, performing arts) Under-stander
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State or position of chaperone.
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The activity of a cicerone; local guidance.
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Initialism of county jail. [(US) Synonym of county prison]
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A group of fawning admirers.
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(transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
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(rare) One who commandeers.
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The role or status of being a conman.
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An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
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Alternative form of corrections officer [A jailer.]
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Alternative form of corrections officer [A jailer.]
adj
Providing protection, care, supervision or guarding
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(US, Canada) a janitor; a cleaner
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(Philippines, countable) A person employed under this system.
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A retinue of attendants, associates or followers.
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An accompanying person in such a group.
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Alternative form of exon [An officer of the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.]
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A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
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One who leads others by example; a guide.
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(uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.
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(Commonwealth, dated) Alternative spelling of jailer [One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.]
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Alternative form of jailership [The role or status of a jailer.]
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One who practices and is skilled at grantsmanship.
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Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
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US standard spelling of guest of honour. [(British spelling) A guest in whose honour a gathering is held; the most important guest.]
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(South Africa, figuratively) An aide, an assistant.
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A loyal follower or supporter of an individual or group.
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A duty to provide food and lodging for nobles or soldiers and the corresponding right to receive.
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A person or organization responsible for running an event.
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One who keeps a jail; a jailer.
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An acquaintance in prison; a person imprisoned at the same time.
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Alternative spelling of jailer [One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.]
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(Scotland) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles.
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Someone who keeps or upholds something; a steward.
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(Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
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An employee in an organisation
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(obsolete) A loved one; one highly esteemed and favoured.
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(Quakerism) The basic unit of administration in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), which typically meets for services weekly, and holds a business meeting once a month.
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Synonym of peace officer
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A law enforcement officer who supervises offenders who have been released from incarceration and, often, recommends sentencing in courts of law.
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Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.
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Obsolete form of patrol. [(intransitive) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.]
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Synonym of prison officer
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A person responsible for the supervision and security of prisoners.
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One who is being protected.
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Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
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Alternative form of protégé [A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).]
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(heraldry) A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds, e.g. in the College of Arms.
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Synonym of rubber room (temporary workplace for an accused teacher)
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Synonym of school resource officer
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(sometimes proscribed) Alternative form of restaurateur [The owner of a restaurant.]
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A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.
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A group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important.
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A person kept in prison while awaiting trial.
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the responsibility of a guardian
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(now rare) An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.
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An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order.
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(religion) A Quaker meeting of ministers and elders.
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The qualities of a soldier, or those becoming a soldier.
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To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)
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The act of caring for or improving with time.
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(South Africa) A small, informal syndicate of people who regularly contribute money to a shared fund of savings. Stokvels differ in function, but generally members periodically take turns in drawing money from the accumulated fund.
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A self-contained group of friends, family or colleagues capable of providing help, especially when one of the group is in isolation
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A temporary employee, usually in an office.
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One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
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A juvenile inmate being trained and (re)educated in a reformatory school.
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(now archaic) A warder or jailer/gaoler; keeper of the keys in a prison.
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(archaic) A mean, low fellow.
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An underkeeper, guardian, or custodian.
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(obsolete) A participant in a velitation; a soldier.
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(archaic) A male auctioneer.
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A chief administrative officer of a prison.
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(rare) Someone with whom one wages war; a military comrade.
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The member of staff assigned to perform this duty.
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(idiomatic) A person who always agrees with their employer or superior.
v
To be or become connected, linked, or united in a relationship; to have dealings with.
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