Heathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.
Ambrose BierceINTERPRETER, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the interpreter's advantage for the other to have said.
Ambrose BierceRECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are loaded.
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