English word senses marked with topical category "Personifications"

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• 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 suburb in Cymmer community, Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0390).
• Brother Jonathan (Proper name) The personification and emblem of New England. He is also an allegory of capitalism and transcendent aspirations, and, in the past, has occasionally been the national personification of the entire United States.
• Christmas (Proper name) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.
• Christmas (Proper name) A number of places in the United States:; An uninhabited mining community in Gila County, Arizona.
• Christmas (Proper name) A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Au Train Township, Alger County, Michigan.
• Christmas (Proper name) A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bolivar County, Mississippi
• 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) Several places in the United States.; A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California.
• 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.
• Columbia (Proper name) Several places in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
• Columbia (Proper name) Several places in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
• Conquest (Proper name) The personification of conquest, often depicted riding a white horse.
• Corporal Forbes (Proper name) gastroenteritis
• Cousin Jack (Noun) A Cornishman.
• 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 Christmas (Proper name) A mythical figure said to bring presents to people (especially children) at Christmas time.
• 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.
• Florida Man (Proper name) A personification of the outrageous crimes and occurrences of Florida.
• 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 first deity of various theistic religions, and the only deity in the Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.; God the Father as distinguished from Jesus Christ, God the Son.
• God (Interjection) Short for oh God: expressing annoyance or frustration.
• 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) An unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, 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) A female personification of Ireland.
• 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 (Noun) A generic police officer.
• John Q. Public (Noun) A generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen.
• Johnny Canuck (Proper name) A Canadian.
• Johnny Canuck (Proper name) A Canadian soldier.
• Johnny Canuck (Proper name) A personification of Canada.
• 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, emphasizing fertility and fecundity.
• 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) The 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 diminutive of the male given name Thomas, also used as a formal male given name.
• Tom (Proper name) A nickname for a common man.
• Tom (Noun) Ellipsis of Uncle Tom.
• 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.; An angel which attends to death, collecting souls at death, ending life at the appointed time of death.
• angel of death (Noun) A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.; An angel in Abrahamic scripture or eschatology that attends to death.; Azrael.
• angel of death (Noun) A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.; An angel in Abrahamic scripture or eschatology that attends to death.; Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
• angel of death (Noun) A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.; The Grim Reaper.
• angel of death (Noun) A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.; A shinigami.
• 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) Basic, fundamental or elementary.
• 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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