English word senses marked with topical category "Personifications"
Parent categories: Narratology, Drama, Literature, Theater, Culture, Entertainment, Writing, Art, Society, Human behaviour, Language, Human, Communication
Total 93 word senses
- Ah Puch (Proper name) The personification of death in Maya mythology.
- Aion (Proper name) A Hellenistic deity associated with time, the orb or circle encompassing the universe, and the zodiac.
- Althea (Proper name) A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Ankou (Proper name) The personification of death in Celtic mythology.
- Aunt Flo (Proper name) A personification of the menstrual period or menstruation.
- Auntie Beeb (Proper name) The BBC.
- Azrael (Proper name) The angel of death in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, and in Islam.
- Billy Yank (Proper name) A soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
- Billy no mates (Noun) A person who has few or no friends.
- Britannia (Proper name) A number of places in Canada:; A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Christmas (Interjection) An expression of annoyance or surprise: Christ, Jesus Christ, Jiminy Cricket, Jiminy Crickets.
- Chronos (Proper name) The personification of time.
- Columbia (Proper name) A river in British Columbia, Canada and in Washington and Oregon, United States, flowing from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Ocean.
- Columbia (Proper name) Several places in the United States.; A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
- Columbia (Proper name) Several places in the United States.; A town in Herkimer County, New York.
- Conquest (Proper name) The personification of conquest, often depicted riding a white horse.
- Corporal Forbes (Proper name) gastroenteritis
- Davy Jones (Proper name) The sea bed, bottom of the ocean.
- Davy Jones's locker (Proper name) The bottom of the ocean, seen as a grave for sailors and the resting-place of anything that goes overboard and is lost.
- Death (Proper name) The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
- Famine (Proper name) The personification of famine, often depicted riding a black horse.
- Father Sky (Proper name) The personification of the Sky and its biosphere.
- Father Time (Proper name) A personification of time as an old man, usually carrying an hourglass.
- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Proper name) Four beings in Revelation 6:1–8 that bring about the Apocalypse, each embodied as a horseman riding a different-colored horse that represents a different aspect of the Apocalypse.
- God (Proper name) The single deity of various monotheistic religions, especially the deity of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.; God the Father as distinguished from Jesus Christ, God the Son.
- Grim Reaper (Proper name) A personification of Death as an old man, or a skeleton, carrying a scythe, taking souls to the afterlife.
- Helvetia (Proper name) A ghost town in Pima County, Arizona, United States.
- Helvetia (Proper name) A census-designated place in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.
- Helvetia (Proper name) A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States.
- Hibernia (Proper name) Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe).
- Ignorance (Proper name) A personification of ignorance.
- Jack Frost (Proper name) A personification of frosty weather or winter.
- Joe Average (Noun) A hypothetical average or generic individual; the common man (or person, by extension).
- Joe Bloggs (Proper name) A fictitious name used in legal documents for an unknown or anonymous male person.
- Joe Sixpack (Proper name) Somebody without particular expertise or interest in computers or the Internet; a nontechie.
- John Bull (Proper name) Something or someone that is stereotypically English.
- John Chinaman (Proper name) A Chinese man; the Chinese people generally.
- John Company (Proper name) The British East India Company.
- John Law (Proper name) A personification of law enforcement; a police officer.
- John Q. Law (Proper name) A generic police officer.
- John Q. Public (Noun) A generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen.
- Johnny Canuck (Proper name) A Canadian.
- Johnny Crapaud (Noun) A Frenchman.
- Johnny Foreigner (Proper name) Foreigners collectively; people who are not British.
- Johnny Law (Proper name) A police officer.
- Johnny Reb (Noun) Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, particularly a Confederate soldier.
- Johnny Reb (Proper name) Synonym of Confederate States of America.
- Johnny Turk (Proper name) An Ottoman soldier in World War One, particularly a Turkish one.
- Johnny no mates (Noun) Synonym of Billy no mates (“a person with few or no friends”)
- King Cotton (Proper name) A personification of the cotton production of the southern United States.
- Lady Justice (Proper name) In a mythological personification, justice symbolized as a blindfolded young lady, similar to Lady Luck.
- Lady Liberty (Proper name) In a mythological personification, liberty symbolized as a young lady, holding up a torch.
- Lady Luck (Proper name) A female personification of luck.
- Ma Bell (Proper name) Collectively, the family of companies associated with American Telephone & Telegraph, providing telephone service in the United States for many years through 1983.
- Marianne (Proper name) A female given name from French.
- Miss Rona (Proper name) Personification of COVID-19, sometimes as a villain.
- Moros (Proper name) The personification of impending doom, who drives mortals to their deadly fate
- Mother Earth (Proper name) The personification of the Earth, (chiefly) conceived as a fertile, nurturing, and loving mother.
- Mother Nature (Proper name) A personification of nature as woman, stressing fertility and fecundity. Based upon either goddesses of the earth and nature, Gaia, Rhea, or Demeter.
- Nigel no mates (Noun) Synonym of Billy no mates (“a person with few or no friends”)
- Norman no mates (Noun) Synonym of Billy no mates (“a person with few or no friends”)
- Old Father Time (Proper name) Synonym of Father Time
- Old Frizzle (Proper name) An ace of spades with a duty tax stamp similar to a banknote.
- Old Man Winter (Proper name) Personification of winter.
- Ourea (Proper name) The primordial gods of the mountains in Greek mythology
- Pestilence (Proper name) The personification of pestilence, often depicted riding a white horse.
- Sabbath Queen (Proper name) A character, usually portrayed as a beautiful woman, who represents the shechinah and the Jewish Sabbath.
- Santa Muerte (Proper name) A female folk saint venerated primarily in Mexico and among Mexican-Americans in the United States. A personification of death, also associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery to the afterlife.
- Shinigami (Proper name) The deity and/or personification of death. (Compare Izanami and Enma).
- Tom (Proper name) A nickname for a common man.
- Tommy Atkins (Proper name) Generic term for any British soldier.
- Uncle Sam (Proper name) A personification of the United States federal government or (rare) citizens.
- Uncle Sugar (Proper name) A personification of the American welfare state.
- Uncle Whiskers (Proper name) Federal government.
- Want (Proper name) A personification of want.
- War (Proper name) Preceded by the: designating a particularly notable war.; World War I.
- War (Proper name) Preceded by the: designating a particularly notable war.; World War II.
- War (Proper name) The personification of war, often depicted in armour and riding a red horse; the red rider.
- War (Proper name) A city in West Virginia, United States.
- angel of death (Noun) A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.; The Grim Reaper.
- black rider (Noun) Famine, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
- conscience (Noun) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.
- elemental (Adjective) Of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound).
- elemental (Adjective) Basic, fundamental or elementary.
- elemental (Noun) A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water or variations of them like ice, lightning, etc. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water.
- little Timmy (Noun) Placeholder name for a young child in an example scenario.
- pale rider (Noun) Death, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
- red rider (Noun) War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
- shinigami (Noun) A deity and/or personification of death.
- shoulder angel (Noun) An angel representing a person's conscience in works of fiction, portrayed as sitting on one shoulder while a shoulder devil occupies the other.
- shoulder devil (Noun) A devil representing a person's temptations in works of fiction, portrayed as sitting on one shoulder while a shoulder angel occupies the other.
- the man (Noun) The oppressive powers that be, including the government and corporations; the system, as coordinated outside of one’s control.
- white rider (Noun) Conquest or Pestilence, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
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