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One who practices philanthropy; one who loves mankind, and seeks to promote the good of others.

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a philanthropist. [R.] Carlyle.

One versed in phonotypy.

A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus); -- called also flittermouse.

One who believes that Christ was a mere man. Smart.

One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities. Ld. Lytton.

One who investigates by means of a spectroscope; one skilled in the use of the spectroscope.

One skilled in the use or construction of stereoscopes.

A stereotyper.

One skilled in the use of the stethoscope.

One who syncopates. Addison.

One who uses a telescope. R. A. Proctor.

One who advocates, or believes in, theanthropism.

A member of a deistical society established at Paris during the French revolution.

A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rancé in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky.…

One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.

In a single-acting engine, an elongated hollow piston, open at the end, in which the end of the connecting rod is pivoted. The piston rod, crosshead and stuffing box are thus dispensed with.

A person who is especially devoted to the cultivation of tulips. Sir T. Browne.

A person who operates a typewriting machine; a typewriter.

A Utopian.