barrier troops

The Russian president has also claimed Ukraine was using its own barrier troops, “shooting their own soldiers in the back”.

2023 March 27, Pjotr Sauer, “Russian soldiers say commanders used ‘barrier troops’ to stop them retreating”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Military units that are located in the rear or on the front line to maintain military discipline of the main forces by preventing desertion.


anchorsmith

From anchor + smith. Compare the Middle English surname Ankersmith.

The natural strength of the muscles may be either increased or diminished by exercise; for we perceive the legs of a porter, and the arms of an anchorsmith, are stronger by use.

1806, Margaret Bryan, Lectures on Natural Philosophy: The Result of Many Years’ Practical Experience of the Facts Elucidated. […], London: […] Thomas Davison, […] sold […] by George Kearsley, […]; and Jordan Hookham, […], page 52:

The yards that led down to the quays rang out with the sounds of anchorsmiths, carpenters and joiners plying their trade, while sailors, fishermen and sea pilots spent their hard-earned pay in the taverns and hostelries that lay close to the quaysides.

2009, Fiona Rule, London’s Docklands: A History of the Lost Quarter, Ian Allan Publishing, published 2012, →ISBN, page 80:

There must be better jobs in the ‘yard but I suppose working in the anchor forge isn’t so bad. It’s hot and noisy what with the steam hammer and furnace heat but I get on well with the anchorsmiths.

2015, Adrian John Hoare, A Shilling on Good Friday, volume one (A Lesson Learnt), Man of Kent Publishing, →ISBN, page 292:


protopresbyter

Borrowed from Greek πρωτοπρεσβύτερος (protopresvýteros). By surface analysis, proto- (“first”) + presbyter.

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πρωτοπρεσβύτερος

surf

(Eastern Orthodoxy) An archpriest or, in the Russian Orthodox tradition, a non-monastic priest ranking higher yet than an archpriest.


SpaceXer

Allen took everything he saw here in stride, and the younger SpaceXers respected him as a wise old-timer.

2007, Michael Belfiore, Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots Is Boldly Privatizing Space, Smithsonian Books, →ISBN, page 181:

The Space Florida and SpaceXers claim that hundreds of jobs would be created at the refuge launch sites.

2013 June 9, Karl Wickstrom, “Wildlife or missiles? We’ll have both, please”, in Press Journal, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, page 3B, column 4:

The original SpaceX team consisted of about 20 SpaceXers, as they call themselves. […] “We start with that layer – young engineers, young talent, young technicians – who don’t really know what’s impossible,” a SpaceXer said. […] The total number of employees were now 150 SpaceXers.

2014, Erik Nordeus, The Engineer: Follow Elon Musk on a Journey from South Africa to Mars, Leanpub, pages 126, 129, and 136–137:

Over the years I’ve met lots of SpaceXers, from former astronauts to engineers to range rats.

2017, Joe Pappalardo, Spaceport Earth: The Reinvention of Spaceflight, New York, N.Y., London: Overlook Duckworth, →ISBN, page 207:

Most of us SpaceXers in Hawthorne, California, had come in to watch the Dragon spacecraft launch to the International Space Station, which is pretty typical even for a weekend.

2019, Andrew Rader, Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars, Scribner, published 2020, →ISBN, page 301:

An employee of the American spacecraft manufacturer, launcher, and satellite communications corporation SpaceX.


speed skater

(skating) A person who competes in the sport of speed skating.


coinsmith

Every village has a coinsmith who keeps the coins regulated. All coinsmiths are appointed by Prince Goscislaw. I am the noble coinsmith for both the Prince and the Emperor.” “How many coins does the Emperor have?” asked Berty.

(Can we date this quote?), IE Castellano, The World In-between, Laurel Highlands Publishing:


spearsmith

... Be thou neither cobbler nor spearsmith[…]

1906, Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Charles William Emil Miller, Benjamin Dean Meritt, Tenney Frank, Harold Fredrik Cherniss, Henry Thompson Rowell, American Journal of Philology, page 3:

This is supported by the fact that he was raised in the Yariyamachi (Spearsmith Block) of Osaka, in the shadow of the great Osaka castle, where metalworkers and merchants dealing in their wares dwelled.

2015 December 31, Haruo Shirane, Tomi Suzuki, The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:


runemistress

By using the runes now, we can hear the runemasters and runemistresses of old speaking directly to us.

1992, Nigel Pennick, Secrets of the Runes: Discover the Magic of the Ancient Runic Alphabet, Thorsons, published 1998, →ISBN, page 213:

A piece of a loom found in Germany was incised, "Blithgund wrote these runes". This was a standard formula for runemasters and runemistresses.

1997, Sheena McGrath, Asyniur: Women’s Mysteries in the Northern Tradition, Chieveley, Berks: Capall Bann Publishing, →ISBN, page 145:

In olden times, a runic practitioner was usually also the village shaman and a fair number of them were women, as is consistent with the prominent place of various goddesses in the Norse pantheon (Freya Aswinn, 1990). It was customary for runemasters and runemistresses to wear red trousers or skirts.

1997, Joyce C. Gibb, “Runic Knowing: Revisioning the Oracle”, in Tobin Hart, Peter L. Nelson, Kaisa Puhakka, editors, Spiritual Knowing Alternative Epistemic Perspectives (The State University of West Georgia Studies in the Social Sciences; 34), Carrollton, Ga.: State University of West Georgia, →ISBN, page 189:

Runes were still cast for divination by tribes and individuals until the eleventh century and the last true runemasters and runemistresses did not die out until about three hundred years ago.

1998, Cassandra Eason, The Complete Book of Divination: How to Use the Most Popular Methods of Fortune Telling, Judy Piatkus, →ISBN, page 112:


sainik

Borrowed from Hindi सैनिक (sainik), from Sanskrit सैनिक (sainika).

Sainiks have forcibly shut down the whole of Mumbai any number of times over the last four decades, for one reason or another.

2013, Vaibhav Purandare, Bal Thackeray & The Rise of the Shiv Sena:

"As far as the sainik colony is concerned, this demand is not coming from ex-servicemen from other parts of the country.

2016 June 18, “Pakistan may disrupt Amarnath Yatra, J&K deputy CM says”, in The Times of India:


Sc.B.

Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science#English

(education) Initialism of Bachelor of Science.


Sc.M.

Master of Science
Master of Science#English

(education) Initialism of Master of Science.


mugfaker

(obsolete, slang) A street photographer who takes people's portraits.


kennel maid

A woman whose job is to attend dogs at a kennel


deep diver

(underwater diving) A person who engages in deep diving.


behavioral economist

en-noun

behavioral economist (plural behavioral economists)

behavioral economics
behavioral economics

(economics, psychology) A person who studies behavioral economics.


bust down

en-verb

bust down (third-person singular simple present busts down, present participle busting down, simple past and past participle busted down)

busts down (present singular third-person)
busting down (participle present)
busted down (participle past)
busted down (past)

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Shorty bounce to the beat babygurl u got to
Make that ass work, work, work, work
Now break it down, bust it down, break it down
Bust it down, break it down, bust it down, break it down
Now that's work

2015 September 27, “BUST IT DOWN”, H Tycoon (lyrics):


bogus-maker

(US, dialect, archaic) A counterfeiter (of money).


husbandryman

One who carries out husbandry; a husbandman.


couturist

Such existential mashups define a show that also includes Hilton Als, Lynda Benglis, Leif Elggren, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, and Amy Yao among its conceptual couturists.

2013 May 3, Neil Genzlinger, Holland Cotter, “May 5 — 11: Couture as Armor, Id and Manifesto”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(uncommon) A maker of couture; a couturier.


lighting technician

en-noun

lighting technician (plural lighting technicians)

A technician involved with rigging stage and location sets and controlling artificial electric lights for art and entertainment venues (theatre or live music venues) or in video, television, or film production.


senior lecturer

senior lecturer (plural senior lecturers)

(education) a tenured academic rank comparable to an associate professor


volleyball player

volleyball player (plural volleyball players)

A person who plays volleyball, especially professionally.


telegraph operator

telegraph operator (plural telegraph operators)

Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines. Several telegraph operators received electric shocks and some telegraph stations even caught fire.

2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:

Synonym of telegraphist and telegrapher.


super-duo

(music) A duo formed of well-known musicians.


hogman

Synonym of pigman (“worker who looks after pigs”)


needleman

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A man who works with a needle; a male embroiderer, sewer, etc.


MSDT

(underwater diving) Acronym of Master Scuba Diver Trainer.


Polyclitus

Learned borrowing from Latin Polyclītus, from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polŭ́kleitos).

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Πολῠ́κλειτος

A male given name from Latin Polyclītus [in turn from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos, “far-famed, greatly renowned”)]

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Elder, 5th century BCE Ancient Greek sculptor and artist from Argos or Sicyon

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Younger, 4th century BCE Ancient Greek architect


Polycletus

Learned borrowing from Latin Polyclētus, from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polŭ́kleitos).

Πολῠ́κλειτος

Alternative form of Polyclitus, a male given name from Latin Polyclētus [in turn from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos, “far-famed, greatly renowned”)]


manhwaga

Borrowed from Korean 만화가(漫畫家) (manhwaga). Doublet of mangaka and manhuajia.

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I have no idea why but there’s an overwhelming number of cat lovers among Manhwagas (Manhwa artists), a disproportionate number considering how many people there are who don’t even like cats.

2006 August 22, Wann, Can't Lose You, volume 2, Netcomics, →ISBN, page 3:

Hello, I’m Youngran Lee, the manhwaga who is happiest when writing and drawing.

2006 September 5, Youngran Lee, Lie to Me (Manhwa Novella Collection), volume 1, Netcomics, →ISBN, page 4:

The creators of these East Asian comics also have specific titles: a person who makes manga is a mangaka, a person who creates manhwa is a manhwaga, and a person that makes manhua is a manhuajia.

2022 September 30, Jieun Kiaer, Ben Cagan, Pragmatics in Korean and Japanese Translation, Routledge, →ISBN, page 101:

A manhwa (Korean comic) author or artist.


death messenger

en-noun

death messenger (plural death messengers)

One who notifies a bereavement to an associated tribe.


PokéTuber

Jubilee’s labor during her live streams is particularly attention economy and self-branding based. She has made a name for herself as one of the most popular women Pokétubers (sobriquet given for YouTubers who create Pokémon content).

2019 August 2, Nicholas-Brie Guarriello, “Never give up, never surrender: Game live streaming, neoliberal work, and personalized media economies”, in New Media & Society, volume 21, number 8, Sage Journals, →DOI, →ISSN:

These PokéTubers have amassed massive followings thanks to their likable personality, knowledge of the franchise, and consistency of quality and quantity.

2021 September 28, David Caballero, “10 Most Popular PokéTubers, Ranked By Subscribers”, in Screen Rant, archived from the original on 2022-11-05:

(fandom slang) A YouTube personality who makes videos about Pokémon.


gagwoman

A woman writer or woman performer of gags.


radio operator

A person who, often as employment, sends and receives radio messages.


manfluencer

Blend of man + influencer, equivalent to man + -fluencer. Lexicalized within academic parlance by Swiss-German political scientist Regula Stämpfli in a podcast 2022-12-31 shortly after Andrew Tate’s arrest in Romania, as recognized by herself, after marketing lingo dated to the Corona year 2020 to designate a counterpart to emerging female brand influencers.

coinage

as part of an emerging research agenda on the implications of responses to manfluencer culture in education settings, we suggest a particular focus on the extent, form and effect of school leadership’s responses to this phenomenon.

2023 December 17, Stephanie Wescott, Steven Roberts, Xuenan Zhao, “The problem of anti-feminist ‘manfluencer’ Andrew Tate in Australian schools: women teachers’ experiences of resurgent male supremacy”, in Gender and Education, volume 36, number 2, →DOI, pages 167–182:

“These ‘manfluencers’ propagate a lot of the same kind of red-pill ideas, the same kind of theories from evolutionary psychology. […]

2024 August 14, Vittoria Elliott, “Gamergate’s Aggrieved Men Still Haunt the Internet”, in WIRED:


underbrewer

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In 1930 de Bavay resigned as brewer manager. Carl Stefanson, the under-brewer, took his place.

1987, Keith Dunstan, The Amber Nectar, Ringwood: Vicking O'Neil, page 86:

An apprentice brewer learning the brewing craft and trade from a chief brewer.


speed climber

(climbing) A climber who takes part in speed climbing


Yugituber

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Myutants, the new World Premiere Theme, have a solid chunk of their cards revealed courtesy of yugituber Ruggles.

2020 October 21, Deadborder, “[PHRA-EN] Myutants”, in YGOrganization, archived from the original on 2020-11-01:

With Yugituber Reveal Openings now out, it’s time to find out just what’s in the upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box.

2022 March 11, Tinker, “[Speed Duel GX Box] The 8 Decklists”, in YGOrganization, archived from the original on 2022-05-26:

Yu-Gi-Tubers provide a constant stream of Yu-Gi-Oh! content, including analysis of new cards and archetypes, combo tutorials, and banlist breakdowns.

2022 September 11, Drew Heckman, “Why Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Fan-Made Community Is an Essential Resource for New Players”, in CBR, archived from the original on 2022-09-11:

(fandom slang) A YouTuber who makes videos about Yu-Gi-Oh!


gentleman-in-waiting

(historical) A male attendant or servant in a royal or noble household


para-astronaut

/pæɹˈæstɹəˌnɔːt/

/pæɹˈæstɹəˌnɔt/

/pæɹˈæstɹəˌnɑt/

From para- + astronaut. Coined by the European Space Agency in 2021.

John McFall is the European Space Agency's first ever para-astronaut, selected to study how feasible it is for someone with a physical disability to live and work in space.

2023 April 27, Rebecca Morelle, “Riding the 'vomit comet' with first disabled astronaut John McFall”, in BBC, archived from the original on 2024-05-07:

(neologism) A physically disabled astronaut.


director of first impressions

en-noun

director of first impressions (plural directors of first impressions)

Our office is seeking a "Director of First Impressions." This is someone who is mature, self-confident, outgoing and has the following skills and experience,
ABILITY TO OPERATE MULTI-LINE PHONE SYSTEM
WORD PROCESSING SKILLS (WE USE MICROSOFT WORD)
LIKES DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC
IS WILLING TO PERFORM A VARIETY OF TASKS

1997 August 25, “Director of First Impressions”, in Times-News, number 237, Twin Falls, Idaho, page A-6:

receptionist/director of first impressions

1998 June 22, Diane Wilson, “found job titles”, in talk.bizarre (Usenet):

It's Washington's Birthday so I assume if I called, the virtual director of first impressions would come on the line.

2010 February 15, John Dodge, “Virtual receptionists replacing the real thing”, in ZDNET, archived from the original on 2024-05-10:

If that feels absurd, take a deep breath. Plenty of companies now employ a “director of first impressions”, a job whose responsibilities include greeting all visitors at the front desk, almost as if you were meeting a receptionist.

2022 December 8, “The scourge of job-title inflation”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 2024-04-16:


tankerman

A man who operates a tanker (vessel for transporting bulk liquids).


starchman

A confectionery worker involved in making candy from syrups or gels with the addition of cornstarch.


signman

A person employed to produce signs; a signpainter or signwriter.


car attendant

A bell circuit, fed from the train lighting battery, is connected to a push in each berth and functions in conjunction with a luminous indicator mounted over the door and in association with a cancellation push, for use by the car attendant.

1952 February, “New Third Class Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 87:

(rail transport) An employee placed in charge of a single coach, sleeping car or lounge car on a medium-to-long-distance passenger train.


genuinfluencer

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Blend of genuine + influencer. Planted by WGSN in January 2021 as a supposed trend of the upcoming year.

(neologism, marketing, social media) A postmaterial influencer.


posthioplastician

(surgery) One who carries out a posthioplasty.


manhuajia

manhuajia (plural manhuajias or manhuajia)

Borrowed from Mandarin 漫畫家 /漫画家 (mànhuàjiā). Doublet of mangaka and manhwaga.

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Some of the manga introuced during this period came through unauthorized copying by local Taiwanese manhuajia, who adapted original Japanese manga into a Taiwanese-style three horizontal grid.

2019, Lee, I. Yun, “The Development of Taiwan Manhua”, in Haruhiko Fujita, Christine Guth, editors, Encyclopedia of East Asian Design, →ISBN:

Most of the art work in Wanxiang is by a group of artists who are most often referred to today as manhuajia 漫畫家 (cartoonists), many of whom had been members of a cartoon society that was established in Shanghai in December 1926.

2020, Paul Bevan, ‘Intoxicating Shanghai’ – An Urban Montage, →ISBN:

The creators of these East Asian comics also have specific titles: a person who makes manga is a mangaka, a person who creates manhwa is a manhwaga, and a person that makes manhua is a manhuajia.

2022, Jieun Kiaer, Ben Cagan, Pragmatics in Korean and Japanese Translation, →ISBN:

A manhua (Chinese comic) author or artist.


tannist

May 7 — Today top-seeded pro tannist Zonker Harris announced his retirement from competitive tanning..

1984, G. B. Trudeau, edited by Gloria Steinem, Doonesbury Dossier: The Reagan Years, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN:

IF YOU, A PROFESSIONAL TANNIST, WENT ON THE AIR AND URGED KIDS TO GET OUT OF TANNING, THE IMPACT COULD BE ENORMOUS!

1986, Garry Trudeau, That's Doctor Sinatra You Little Bimbo, illustrated edition, Abacus, →ISBN:

Ex-pro tannist. Duke's nephew, fan of rocker Jimmy Thudpucker.

1993, G. B. Trudeau, The Portable Doonesbury, illustrated edition, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, page 17:

I think they're trying to figure me out, work out where I fit. New Yorker? Tourist? Tannist? I seem busy and heading somewhere without being dulled by routine or strung out on anxiety or wowed by the fact that I am in New York City, hot damn!

2011 September 1, Fran Lebowitz, Tales From A Broad: An Unreliable Memoir, Monsoon Books, →ISBN:

All right, she's 19, from Daytona, and her job is "spray tannist."

2017 November 14, Matt Lawton, “The Venue” (13:37 from the start), in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 5, episode 6, spoken by Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg):

[1971 Krochmal et al. Medicinal Plants Appal 258 The bark has been used primarily because of its tannist content, which makes it a strong astringent.]

2021 June 22, Michael B. Montgomery, Jennifer K. N. Heinmiller, Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English, illustrated edition, UNC Press Books, →ISBN:

An employee at a tanning salon or someone who is similarly enthusiastic about tanning.


campdrafter

A person who participates in campdrafting.


chanyu

Borrowed from Mandarin 單于 (chányú); ultimately from Xiongnu.

(historical) A supreme ruler of one or more nomadic tribes of Inner Asian peoples, at some point between the 4th century BCE and the 4th century CE; most notably a ruler of the Xiongnu.


voice acting

en-noun

voice acting (countable and uncountable, plural voice actings)

The art, occupation, or performance of a voice actor.


shipcarver

The art of the shipcarver was steeped in a tradition of civic celebration that communicated messages of national allegiance, community pride, and personal success.

1992, SL Lahvis, “Icons of American Trade: The Skillin Workshop and the Language of Spectacle”, in Winterthur Portfolio:

(nautical) Someone who creates the decorative wooden elements for ships, such as figureheads, catheads, and so on


bookshelver

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As a freshman at U.N.M., she’d had a work-study job as a bookshelver at the medical library—the worst job she’d ever had. It was the terminal quiet that had bugged her; trying to shelve books extra-quietly so as not to disturb anyone’s studying.

1995, A[aron] A[lbert] Carr, chapter 40, in Eye Killers (American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series; 13), Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 182:

A person who places or arranges books on shelves in a library etc.


bobarista

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/bəʊbəˈɹɪ.stə/

Delicious, Easy Recipes for Amazing Bubble Tea Wendy Leung. Bobarista certificate. […] It's official! Now that you have made it through the book you can call yourself a Bobarista.

2021 August 3, Wendy Leung, The Boba Cookbook: Delicious, Easy Recipes for Amazing Bubble Tea, Union Square + ORM, →ISBN:

A person who prepares bubble tea (boba) for customers.


police captain

(law enforcement) A high-level officer in a police department who is usually responsible for an entire district or precinct.


Yamatologist

Calque of Italian yamatologo (“Japanologist”) when used by Italian speakers, from Yamato + -logist otherwise.

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The most learned amongst the Yamatologists are still dependant upon Japanese for the information that furnishes the basis of all contributions; and why not have the authorities at the meetings, with interpreters for the benefit of those who have not acquired the necessary knowledge of Japanese?

1898 January 5, C[harles] Pfoundes, “The “Social Evil.”: To the Editor of the “Japan Mail.””, in The Japan Weekly Mail: A Review of Japanese Commerce, Politics, Literatire, and Art, volume XXIX, number 2, Yokohama: Printed and published for […] , by Arthur Bellamy Brown, […] , published 1898 January 8, →OCLC, page 41, column 3:

[Epigraph:] Giuseppe Morichini, the late Italian Yamatologist, was preparing for publication in our East and West a long review on the work by Nakamura Hajime «Indo Tetsugaku Shisô» […]

1960 March, Giuseppe Morichini, “Review of Early Vedānta Philosophy”, in East and West, volume 11, number 1, page 33:

The division which provides services for non-Japanese specializes in providing support in the form of scholarships to scholars and researchers who plan to study in Japan for more than one month but less than one year, and also in inviting both Yamatologists and non-experts alike to attend international meetings or inspect various Japanese institutions for two or three weeks.

1974 November, “The Activities of the Japan Foundation”, in Morita Tohru, editor, The East, volume 10, number 9, Tokyo: The East Publications, Inc., →OCLC, page 17:

For an appropriate translation of this term [baka], I refer to one of the leading Yamatologists in Italy, Professor Adriana Boscaro of the University of Venice at Ca’ Foscari.

1997, Antonio Marazzi, “If Japanese Are Samurai, Italians are Baka: The Multiple Play of Stereotypes”, in Beverly Allen, Mary Russo, editors, Revisioning Italy: National Identity and Global Culture, Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 277:

How can we interpret this attention to the “harmony between order and form” that shaped the lesson review in Japan? We have tried to reconstruct the “umbrella cultural themes” with the help of a yamatologist, who introduced us to the issue of kata or shikata.

2020, Maria G. Bartolini Bussi et al., “Mathematics Teachers’ Cultural Beliefs: The Case of Lesson Study” (chapter 5), in Despina Potari, Olive Chapman, editors, International Handbook of Mathematics Teacher Education, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 140:

(chiefly Italian, non-native speakers' English) Synonym of Japanologist (“One who studies Japan, its language, culture and history”)

chiefly Italian; non-native speakers' English; chiefly Italian; non-native speakers' English


ivorysmith

[…] weavers and embroiderers of Hindustan, the potters of the Gangetic valley and ivorysmiths of Upper India.

1913, The Hindustan Review, volume 28, Printed at the Indian Press, page 898:


rubber tapper

Someone who collects latex from a rubber tree.


-Tuber

Back-formation from YouTuber, possibly modelled after VTuber.

Forms agent nouns for YouTubers or similar occupations who have the qualities of the root word.


lewdtuber

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From lewd (“sexually suggestive”) + -tuber.

(slang, now ironic, often humorous) A YouTube personality who create erotic or pornographic videos.


blue-collar worker

en-noun

blue-collar worker (plural blue-collar workers)

A worker who works with their hands and whose job focuses more on making or repairing things than on management, administration, or clerical work.


radiesthesist

... signals that make the pendulum swing, researchers have proved that the pendulum swings simply because the hand of the radiesthesist moves. As calm as he is, with a tiny breath,. Pendulum, Astrology, and Other Prophecies.

2020 June 26, Jean-christophe Piot, Magic Or Science?, World Scientific, →ISBN:

One who uses the dowser or divining rod, dowser


plowright

Alternative spelling of plowwright (the most recent occurrence found as an occupation in a census in 1851)


(c)rapper

rapper (canonical)
c (romanization)
(c)rappers (plural)

Blend of crap + rapper. Written so to disambiguate from the other senses of crapper.

Ah (c)rappers with gun, aka thugs, chasing after people
that don't listen to (c)rap. What is the mentality of
these people?

1990 May 3, Streaker,Stall # 1,,, “Rap”, in rec.humor (Usenet):

The point is, why are the (c)rappers so intent on creating yet more
discontent and hate in the mind of the (usually) younger generations of
kids? (Usually black, but also hispanic, white, oriental, whatever.)

1991 November 8, Michael Hart, “(C)rap music”, in alt.peeves (Usenet):

You don't, cause those (c)rappers aren't even musicians. In fact, they
even sample all their music, they don't write music at all. So they're
not even COMPsicians! I mean, if Vanilla Ice & Tone Loc are the best
(c)rap has to offer, then give me rock!

1992 September 16, Ray Shea, “Need information about " The Doors " .”, in rec.music.misc (Usenet):

It didn't take me long to realize that I didn't like it. Why waste money
on something you don't want? As I said, even though I don't voluntarily
listen to it, I am (over)exposed to (c)rap on a constant basis. I can
name you ten (c)rappers; can you name ten Industrial artists? See what I
mean?

1997 May 2, JBytes, “Music & the BIG Picture”, in soc.culture.haiti (Usenet):

My Kenyan (Africa) roomie views
(c)rappers and the folks who listen to (sh)it as quite goofy and
silly. He likes Journey (the band). You don't even want to know of
what he thinks of Jesse Jackson.

2001 June 21, Jason, “Rockford Files”, in humanities.philosophy.objectivism (Usenet):

> - An entertainment lawyer
defends (c)rappers when they are charges with plagarism^([sic]) a.k.a. 'sampling'
music

2004 May 27, Jasper PNL Mfg Co, LTD, “Will we ever get reparations?”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):

German rapper who joined ISIS killed in U.S. strike, official says
By Paul Cruickshank, CNN

2015 October 30, Byker, “German (c)rapper-turned-jihadist killed in Syria”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, vulgar) A crapper; a rapper.


shoreman

(Newfoundland) A person employed to spread cod on the beach to dry, and to prepare it for curing.


table tennis player

table tennis player (plural table tennis players)

A person who plays table tennis, especially professionally.


ping pong player

ping pong player (plural ping pong players)

table tennis player
table tennis player#English


menahel

(Judaism) A principal, especially of a yeshiva or Jewish school.


priestess of Venus

priestess of Venus (plural priestesses of Venus)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see priestess, of, Venus.