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31List of Pirates of the Caribbean characters — This is a list of characters appearing in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. Contents 1 Primary characters 1.1 Original trilogy 1.2 …
32Empedocles — M.R.Wright INTRODUCTION Empedocles was a native of Acragas (Agrigento) in Sicily, a Doric colony founded on the south coast of the island in the sixth century BC, which soon grew to rival Syracuse in its prosperity. A line of temples, many of… …
33rude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. barbarous, crude, primitive, rough, rustic; harsh, rugged; coarse, uncouth; discourteous, uncivil, insolent. See vulgarity, courtesy, inelegance, formlessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Boorish]… …
34Homeric — Some people maintain that the Homeric writings were the work of many men. But historians interested in that point have concluded that the Iliad and the Odyssey were poems from the poet Homer, a blind Greek who wandered from city to city in the …
35hector — late 14c., a valiant warrior, 1650s as slang for a blustering, turbulent, pervicacious, noisy fellow [Johnson], Heck for short, both in reference to the provocative character of Hektor, Trojan hero, oldest son of Priam and Hecuba, in the Iliad.… …
36bully — I. /ˈbʊli / (say boolee) noun (plural bullies) 1. a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who browbeats smaller or weaker people. 2. a. a quandong seed threaded on a string. b. (plural) a children s game in which one player uses their bully …
37McCarthy, Joseph Raymond — (1908 1957) Born on a farm near Appleton, Wisconsin, McCarthy left school at the age of 14 to raise poultry. When the business failed, he returned to high school, crammed four years of work into two terms, and entered Marquette University in… …
38blatherskite — (also bletherskate) n. 1 a person who blathers. 2 = BLATHER n. Etymology: BLATHER + skite, corrupt. of derog. use of SKATE(2) * * * ˈblatherskite A blustering, talkative fellow (U.S. colloq.): see bletherskate …
39bucko — n. & adj. Naut. sl. n. (pl. oes) a swaggering or domineering fellow. adj. blustering, swaggering, bullying. Etymology: BUCK(1) + O …
40hec´tor|ing|ly — Hec|tor «HEHK tuhr», noun. Greek Legend. the bravest of the Trojan warriors, the son of Priam and Hecuba and husband of Andromache. Hector killed Patroclus and was killed by Achilles. hec|tor «HEHK tuhr», noun, verb. –n. a bragging, bullying… …
