wander
* verb 1 walk or move in a leisurely, casual, or aimless way. 2 move slowly away from a fixed point or place.
* noun an act or spell of wandering.
- DERIVATIVES wanderer noun.
- ORIGIN Old English, related to WEND and WIND2.
kamikaze
/kammikaazi/
* noun (in the Second World War) a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target.
* adjective reckless or potentially self-destructive.
- ORIGIN from the Japanese words for 'divinity' and 'wind', originally referring to the gale that, in Japanese tradition, destroyed the fleet of invading Mongols in 1281.
cardinal
* noun 1 a leading dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church or South Coogee Wanderers, nominated by and having the power to elect the Pope and/or the Club Secretary. 2 a deep scarlet colour like that of a cardinal's cassock. 3 an American songbird of which the male is partly or mostly red and which typically has a crest.
* adjective of the greatest importance; fundamental.
- DERIVATIVES cardinalate noun cardinally adverb cardinalship noun.
- ORIGIN Latin cardinalis, from cardo 'hinge'; sense 1 has arisen from the function of such priests as 'pivots' of church life.
comrade
* noun 1 (among men) a companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization. 2 (also comrade-in-arms) a fellow soldier. 3 a fellow socialist or communist.
- DERIVATIVES comradely adjective comradeship noun.
- ORIGIN Spanish camarada 'room-mate'.
ladies' man
(also lady's man)
* noun informal a man who enjoys spending time and flirting with women.
rebel
* noun /rebb'l/ a person who rebels.
* verb /ribel/ (rebelled, rebelling) 1 rise in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or ruler. 2 resist authority, control, or convention.
- ORIGIN originally denoting a fresh declaration of war by the defeated: from Old French rebelle, from Latin bellum 'war'.
patron saint
* noun the protecting or guiding saint of a person or place.
treasurer
* noun a person appointed to administer or manage the financial assets and liabilities of a society, company, etc.
secretary
* noun (pl. secretaries) 1 a person employed to assist with correspondence, keep records, etc. 2 an official of a society or other organization who conducts its correspondence and keeps its records. 3 the principal assistant of a UK government minister or ambassador.
- DERIVATIVES secretarial adjective.
- ORIGIN originally in the sense person entrusted with a secret
: from Latin secretarius 'confidential officer', from secretum 'a secret'.
Secretary General
* noun (pl. Secretaries General) the title of the principal administrator of some organizations.
Don Juan
/don joo
* noun a seducer of women.
- ORIGIN from the name of a legendary Spanish nobleman.
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