Word Meanings - MARKSMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in signing documents. Burrill. (more info) 1. One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.

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• SKILLFUL
  1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. "Of skillful judgment." Chaucer. 2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as,
• WRITING
  1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or
• SIGNALIZE
  1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship
• SIGNATORY
  1. Relating to a seal; used in sealing. Bailey. 2. Signing; joining or sharing in a signature; as, signatory powers.
• SIGNIORSHIP
  State or position of a signior.
• MISSILE
  A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.
• SIGNIFICATOR
  One who, or that which, signifies. In this diagram there was one significator which pressed remarkably upon our astrologer's attention. Sir W. Scott.
• WRITATIVE
  Inclined to much writing; -- correlative to talkative. Pope.
• SIGNPOST
  A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of anything.
• WRITER
  1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. They that handle the pen of the writer. Judg. v. 14. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Ps. xlv. 1. 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer
• SIGNIFICATE
  One of several things signified by a common term. Whately.
• SIGNIFICATORY
  Significant. -- n.
• SIGNATION
  Sign given; marking. Sir T. Browne.
• SIGNORINA
  Miss; -- a title of address among the Italians.
• WRIT
  3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth. Chaucer.
• INSTEAD
  1. In the place or room; -- usually followed by of. Let thistles grow of wheat. Job xxxi. 40. Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab. 2 Sam. xvii.
• SIGNALLY
  In a signal manner; eminently.
• WRITHLE
  To wrinkle. Shak.
• SIGNIFER
  Bearing signs. "The signifer sphere, or zodiac." Holland.
• SIGNIFICAVIT
  Formerly, a writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church. Crabb.
• ASSIGNEE
  In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors. (more info) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act,
• RESIGNATION
  1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission. 2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as,
• CONSIGNER
  One who consigns. See Consignor.
• DESIGN
  drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace
• REWRITE
  To write again. Young.
• DESIGNATE
  Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
• TYPEWRITING
  The act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with a typewriter.
• PLAYWRITER
  A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. Lecky.
• STORY-WRITER
  1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines. 2. An historian; a chronicler. "Rathums, the story-writer." 1 Esdr. ii. 17.
• ENSIGNCY
  The rank or office of an ensign.
• UNDERWRITING
  The business of an underwriter,
• FOREDESIGN
  To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.
• BLOCK SIGNAL
  One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system. The signal is often so coupled with a switch that act of opening or closing the switch operates the signal also.