"miracle worker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: miracle workers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} miracle worker (plural miracle workers)
  1. A person who claims or is alleged to perform miracles. Categories (topical): People Translations (a person who performs a (supernatural) miracle): θαυματουργός (thaumatourgós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), wonderdoener [masculine] (Dutch), Wundertäter [masculine] (German), Wundertäterin [feminine] (German), mīrābiliārius [masculine] (Latin), mīrāculārius [masculine] (Latin), mīrāculātor [masculine] (Latin), чудотворец (čudotvorec) [masculine] (Macedonian), milagrero [masculine] (Spanish), milagidunan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), milagihidunan [masculine] (Volapük), milagijidunan [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-miracle_worker-en-noun-NwTPfDxD Disambiguation of People: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'a person who performs a (supernatural) miracle': 84 16
  2. (figuratively) Someone who accomplishes a difficult task. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-miracle_worker-en-noun-e4v7iuGa Disambiguation of People: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (a person who accomplishes a difficult task): wonderdoener [masculine] (Dutch), mīrābiliārius [masculine] (Latin), куде́сник (kudésnik) [masculine] (Russian), куде́сница (kudésnica) [feminine] (Russian), про́сто волше́бник (prósto volšébnik) [masculine] (Russian), про́сто волше́бница (prósto volšébnica) [feminine] (Russian), чудоде́й (čudodéj) [masculine] (Russian), чудоде́йка (čudodéjka) [feminine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'a person who accomplishes a difficult task': 51 49

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for miracle worker meaning in All languages combined (5.5kB)

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