Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.
chef de cuisine,cordon bleu[Fr], cook, scullion, Cinderella; potwalloper[obs3]; maid of all work, servant of all work; laundress, bedmaker[obs3]; journeyman, charwoman &c. (worker) 690; bearer, chokra[obs3], gyp [Cambridge], hamal[obs3], scout [Oxford].
     serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot; bondsman, bondswoman[obs3];
bondslave[obs3]; ame damnee[Fr], odalisque, ryot[obs3], adscriptus gleboe[Lat]; villian[obs3], villein; beadsman[obs3], bedesman[obs3]; sizar[obs3]; pensioner, pensionary[obs3]; client; dependant, dependent; hanger on, satellite; parasite &c. (servility) 886; led captain; protege[Fr], ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature.
     badge of slavery; bonds &c. 752. 
     V. serve; wait upon, attend upon, dance attendance upon, pin oneself
upon; squire, tend, hang on the sleeve of; chore [U.S.]. 
     Adj. in the train of; in one’s pay, in one’s employ; at one’s call &c.
(obedient) 743; in bonds.

     #747. [Insignia of authority.] Scepter.—­ N. scepter, regalia,
caduceus; Mercury’s rod, Mercury’s staff, Mercury’s wand; rod of empire, mace, fasces[obs3], wand; staff, staff of office; baton, truncheon; flag &c. (insignia) 550; ensign of authority, emblem of authority, badge of authority, insignia of authority.
     throne, chair, musnud[obs3], divan, dais, woolsack[obs3].
     toga, pall, mantle, robes of state, ermine, purple.
     crown, coronet, diadem, tiara, cap of maintenance; decoration; title
&c. 877; portfolio.
     key, signet, seals, talisman; helm; reins &c. (means of restraint)
752.

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     #748.  Freedom.—­ N. freedom, liberty, independence; license &c.
(permission) 760; facility &c. 705.
     scope, range, latitude, play; free play, full play, free scope, full
scope; free stage and no favor; swing, full swing, elbowroom, margin, rope, wide berth; Liberty Hall.
     franchise, denization[obs3]; free man, freed man, livery man; denizen.
     autonomy, self-government, liberalism, free trade; noninterference &c.
706; Monroe Doctrine [U.S.].
     immunity, exemption; emancipation &c. (liberation) 750;
enfranchisement, affranchisement[obs3].
     free land, freehold; allodium[obs3]; frankalmoigne[Fr], mortmain[Fr].
     bushwhacker; freelance, free thinker, free trader; independent. 
     V. be free &c. adj.; have scope &c. n., have the run of, have one’s
own way, have a will of one’s own, have one’s fling; do what one likes, do what one wishes, do what one pleases, do what one chooses; go at large, feel at home, paddle one’s own canoe; stand on one’s legs, stand on one’s rights; shift for oneself.
     take a liberty; make free with, make oneself quite at home; use a
freedom; take leave, take French leave.
     set free &c. (liberate) 750; give a loose to &c. (permit) 760; allow
scope &c. n. to, give scope &c. n. to; give a horse his head.

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