Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
One who deals in furs. | Furrier |
One who feeds on fruits. | Fruitarian |
One who sets glass for windows, doors, etc. | Glazier |
One who sells small articles such as ribbons, lace, thread, etc. | Haberdasher |
One who deals in medicinal herbs. | Herbalist |
One who breaks images or church ornaments. | Iconoclast |
One who deals in iron and hardware. | Ironmonger |
One who takes care of a building. | Janitor |
The study of lakes or of pond life. | Limnology |
One who cuts precious stones. | Lapidarist |
One who compiles a dictionary. | Lexicographer |
One who gives massages. | Masseur |
The head of a town council or corporation. | Mayor |
One who deals in silk, cotton, woolen and linen goods. | Mercer |
One who makes and sells ladies hats. | Milliner |
One new to anything. | Novice |
A physician who assists women at child-birth. | Obstetrician |
One who is opposed to intellectual progress. | Obscurant |
One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles. | Optician |
One who lends money and keeps goods as security. | Pawnbroker |
One who travels from place to place selling miscellaneous articles. | Peddler |
One who compounds or sells drugs. | Pharmacist |
One who collects postage stamps. | Philatelist |
One who attends to sick people and prescribes medicines. | Physician |
One who flies an aeroplane. | Pilot |
One who works with lead esp. Mending water pipes. | Plumber |
One who writes poetry. | Poet |
One who makes pots, cups, etc. | Potter |
One who sells fowl, ducks, turkeys, etc. | Poulterer |
One who studies the working of the human mind. | Psychologist |
An officer in charge of the stones or wood, clay and other materials. | Purser |
An expert at story-telling. | Raconteur |